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Quincy Carter, Southwest Dekalb High School, Decatur, GA, was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed and played in their minor league system for about two years. He later played football for the University of Georgia. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys after two? years and was the starting quarterback for the 2003 Dallas Cowboys.

John Elway was in the Yankee chain before giving up baseball for football

TRhit

John Lynch - Tampa Bay Bucaneers. If my memory isn't too far gone, I believe he was the first draft pick, ever, by the Florida Marlins as a pitcher. He played minor league baseball while playing football at Stanford.

josh Booty started with the Marlins and left for football. Per ESPN, Drew Henson is presently negotiating out of his yankee contract to go to football.

Danny Ainge left the blue jay system to go to basketball.

Bo Jackson, Prime Time, Brian Jordon and the other one that is on the tip of my tongue.....kid was drafted in the first round by the Rangers, flirted with the Majors and then ran off to go to Cowboys Training Camp.....the guys in the Cowboys locker room looked at him and told him to go back to baseball, that he was stupid for giving up the chance for all that money to play 3rd string DB.

Chris Weinke was a 2nd round pick of the Blue Jays who played about 5-6 years in the minor leagues before going back to college and winning the Heisman at Fla. State.
Scott Burrell was a 1st round pick of the Mariners and went on to a long career in the NBA.
Ricky Manning signed with the Twins out of HS and played football at UCLA in the fall and minor league ball in the summer. He is now a DB with Carolina.

TR

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John Elway was in the Yankee chain before giving up baseball for football

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Didn't Elway "threaten" to play baseball if drafted by the Baltimore Colts because they were so bad? I remember something about that...

...yes and I'm sure he was called an uncoachable primadona for it.

He got 100 grand for one summer with the Yankees

TRhit

Elway was an outstanding baseball player. He was a 5 tool guy that hit over .300 his only year in baseball. He is now going into the HOF, so I would have to say that he made the right decision.

Tom,

He was drafted #1 overall by the Colts in 1983, but was traded to Denver. He did say he would not play for the Colts and was shunned by Colts fans pretty much the rest of his career.

Their loss, Denver's gain.

PASSION - "There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those."

And Elway did it all with one knee that was made out of cardboard.

TR

Thanks, I couldn't remember exactly. I just remember living in MD at the time and the Colts fans were furious that Elway was threatening to play baseball rather than play for them. I remember thinking at the time that they should have called his bluff. That would have been interesting.

Callaway

Times change

I do not think Elway has any regrets --he aint looking back over his shoulder, thats for sure

TRhit

Here is a question?

What is Drew Henson thinking watching his back up win two Super Bowl MVPs while he is still in the Yanks minor league system?

Bob Pincus
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