Maybe Jameis Winston really is on to something.
Of the four starting quarterbacks left in the NFL postseason, Manning is the only one who wasn’t drafted by Major League Baseball according to CBSSports.com.
Tom Brady attended the same California high school as Barry Bonds, and in 1995, Brady was taken in the 18th round of the MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos.
Russell Wilson, who was taken in the fourth-round in 2010 by the Rockies, and it was actually the second time he had been drafted. Wilson was also taken in the 41st round of the 2007 MLB draft out of high school.
Kaepernick was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 43rd round of the 2009 MLB Draft. The Cubs tried to convince a then right-handed Kaepernick to spend some time in their farm system while he was at the University of Nevada, but he declined.
Manning actually joked that despite being the only quarterback left with no major league interest, he did play shortstop in high school.
“I played shortstop,” Manning said in April 2012. “I wasn’t good enough to stick with it. I love playing. I probably outgrew the position about my senior year. But I love the bus rides. I love the camaraderie. All my receivers played baseball with me. In the summer, we’d go out and play baseball in a summer league, we come back from a game and keep our spikes on and go out and throw. I always kept a football in my bag.”
