These athletes were drafted by the MLB but played in different leagues


[post_page_title]Eric Decker[/post_page_title]
Eric Decker pursued both football and baseball well into college. Decker played both sports at Minnesota, and was drafted by MLB teams twice during his college days. The Milwaukee Brewers took him in the 39th round of the 2008 draft and Minnesota tried to draft him the following year, in the 27th round of the draft. But the wide receiver opted to catch touchdown passes instead of fly balls, and in 2010 he was taken eighth overall by the Denver Broncos.
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