Russell Wilson is basically on top of the NFL world right now. Yes, I realize he threw an interception to end the Seahawks chances of winning Super Bowl 49, but still the world is at his feet. He will be getting a huge new contract next year and people are already comparing him to other great quarterbacks, despite only playing in the league for three years. Now with all that said you would think football would be the focus of his life but Wilson was also drafted by the Texas Rangers and he is sounding like he really wants to play two sports.
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In an interview with Bryant Gumble for HBO Real Sports, Wilson is seriously making it sound like playing baseball might happen.
After Wilson suggests that he may “push the envelope a little bit” and play football and baseball, Gumbel pounces.
“Let’s be blunt,” Gumbel says in an interview that debuts Tuesday night at 10:00 p.m. ET. “You played minor league ball for a while. Correct me if I’m wrong. Numbers were .227 average, five homers, 26 RBI. If the numbers were better, would you [play baseball and football]?”
“I wouldn’t be worried about the statistics of it,” Wilson replies. “I know I can play in the big leagues. With the work ethic and all that, I think I definitely could for sure. And that’s why the Texas Rangers got my rights. And they want me to play. Jon Daniels, the G.M., wants me to play. We were talking about it the other day.”
The Seahawks G.M., John Schneider, was talking about it the other day, too. And Schneider isn’t ready to assume Wilson would fail.
“I think one of the primary things that really attracted Russell to us — I know me in particular — was the confidence he has in himself and the goals, dreams, aspirations,” Schneider told KIRO radio. “He’s off the charts in terms of his confidence level and the way he views himself, so it doesn’t surprise me that he would think that way. Quite frankly, I haven’t thought much about the baseball aspect of it. Based on the position that he plays in football, I think it would be difficult. But the way he attacks everything, I don’t think you could put anything past him.”
The Hawks’ have not said if they would plan to prevent Wilson from giving baseball a real shot and at least for now they don’t really have to go down that road. Considering Wilson’s less than average stats at the minor league level, it would lead me to believe playing in the big leagues is not a real option, despite him not wanting to focus on stats. If he was major league ready odds are he would have gave it a real shot before the NFL.
