{"id":407324,"date":"2022-09-24T19:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=407324"},"modified":"2022-09-24T19:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:10:13","slug":"think-about-playing-both-2020-nfl-pro-bowl-reveals-he-still-wishes-of-playing-in-the-mlb-aj-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/think-about-playing-both-2020-nfl-pro-bowl-reveals-he-still-wishes-of-playing-in-the-mlb-aj-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Think About Playing Both&#8221;: 2020 NFL Pro-Bowl Reveals He Still Wishes Of Playing in the MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL&#8217;s Eagles standout AJ Brown was a top recruit in baseball and football, and he joined Kyler Murray as a player to participate in the Under Armour All-America Football Game and the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game while still in high school.<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Brown was a promising baseball player before breaking out as an NFL standout wide receiver. The San Diego Padres chose him in the 19th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. And he claims that he is still debating, trying baseball. He was unable to play baseball at Ole Miss because of his signing with the Padres, but he was still qualified to play football.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403396\" style=\"width: 1400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-403396\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2.jpg\" alt=\"A.J. Brown\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/08\/A.J.-Brown-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credits: Bleeding Green Nation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A.J. Brown, a wide receiver, made a suggestion in January that he would be interested in playing both baseball and football professionally. Brown was serious when he said he wanted to go back to the diamond, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"New York Giants News: Rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux\u2019s Four-Worded Message Ahead of Cowboys Fixture\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/new-york-giants-news-rookie-kayvon-thibodeauxs-four-worded-message-ahead-of-cowboys-fixture\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">New York Giants News: Rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux\u2019s Four-Worded Message Ahead of Cowboys Fixture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>AJ Brown expresses interest in playing in both NFL and MLB<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI was dead serious,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/eagles\/2022\/09\/23\/before-trade-eagles-aj-brown-titans-bo-jackson-san-diego-padres-mlb-nfl-jalen-hurts-manny-machado\/69505884007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown told DelawareOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[The Padres] had reached out to me. They were about to invite me to spring training. They were just waiting on an answer from me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AJ Brown is the 3rd highest graded WR in the NFL through 2 weeks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qKTxmbp3T1\">pic.twitter.com\/qKTxmbp3T1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas R. Petersen (@thomasrp93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasrp93\/status\/1573363223046520832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-4136a3dda45342f99360b73abda35e1b\" data-google-query-id=\"CIPm6IyMrvoCFT5DnQkdyNMGtQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">In the end, Brown declined San Diego&#8217;s offer because they wanted him to give up football. And according to Brown, he couldn&#8217;t have merely experimented with baseball since the Padres will only let him play if he&#8217;s prepared to give it his all and strive to be the greatest player he can be. Brown said he isn&#8217;t sure whether he will ever play baseball again.<\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CIPm6IyMrvoCFT5DnQkdyNMGtQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\"><\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CIPm6IyMrvoCFT5DnQkdyNMGtQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1zC5IGW9EM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>More NFL news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"\u201cAttempting to Oust\u201d: \u2018Multiple\u2019 NFL Franchise Owners Feel Dan Snyder Should Look Towards Selling Washington Commanders\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/attempting-to-oust-multiple-nfl-franchise-owners-feel-dan-snyder-should-look-towards-selling-washington-commanders\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cAttempting to Oust\u201d: \u2018Multiple\u2019 NFL Franchise Owners Feel Dan Snyder Should Look Towards Selling Washington Commanders<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Washington Commanders News: Top Executive Resigns Amidst Pressure From NFL Owners on Dan Snyder to Sell the Franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/washington-commanders-news-top-executive-resigns-amidst-pressure-from-nfl-owners-on-dan-snyder-to-sell-the-franchise\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Washington Commanders News: Top Executive Resigns Amidst Pressure From NFL Owners on Dan Snyder to Sell the Franchise<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"New York Giants News: Rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux\u2019s Four-Worded Message Ahead of Cowboys Fixture\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/new-york-giants-news-rookie-kayvon-thibodeauxs-four-worded-message-ahead-of-cowboys-fixture\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">New York Giants News: Rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux\u2019s Four-Worded Message Ahead of Cowboys Fixture<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\"><strong><em>Follow our NFL page for more key NFL updates and news<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL&#8217;s Eagles standout AJ Brown was a top recruit in baseball and football, and he joined Kyler Murray as a player to participate in the Under Armour All-America Football Game and the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game while still in high school. A.J. 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