Former St. John Bosco star joins long list of notable football players drafted by baseball teams.
The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft ended Tuesday and the Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Oregon State quarterback
D.J. Uiagalelei in the 20th round.
The former MaxPreps National Football Player of the Year at
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) before heading off to Clemson the past three seasons, Uiagalelei played baseball his junior year. He appeared in three games, according to his stats and in his final outing, the 6-foot-5 quarterback struck out five batters in 2.2 innings. According to
The Athletic, Uiagalelei hit 96 on the radar gun.
He enrolled early at Clemson and didn't play baseball his senior year and hasn't played since. St. John Bosco has many notable baseball alumni, including Nomar Garciaparra and Evan Longoria.
Uiagalelei transferred to Oregon State where he is expected to be the starting quarterback for the Beavers this season.
Since the MLB Draft began in 1965, teams have been known to take fliers on former high school baseball players. Read on for a list of football players, their high schools, the MLB team that drafted them, their draft position and year.
Former St. John Bosco quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei was drafted in the final round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. (Photo: Heston Quan)
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Foley (Ala.) — New York Yankees, 190th overall, 1966
Archie Manning, Drew (MS) — Atlanta Braves, 779th overall, 1967
Rodney Peete,
Shawnee Mission South (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) — Toronto Blue Jays, 722nd overall, 1984; Oakland Athletics, 359th overall, 1988; Oakland Athletics, 348th overall, 1989; Detroit Tigers, 742nd overall, 1990
Deion Sanders,
North Fort Myers (Fla.) — Kansas City Royals, 149th overall, 1985; New York Yankees, 781st overall, 1988
Bo Jackson,
McAdory (McCalla, Ala.) — New York Yankees, 50th overall, 1982; California Angels, 511th overall, 1985; Kansas City Royals, 105th overall, 1986
Kerry Collins,
Wilson (West Lawn, Pa.) — Detroit Tigers, 690th overall, 1990; Toronto Blue Jays, 1,321st overall, 1994
Marshall Faulk, Carver, Los Angeles — California Angels, 1,195th overall, 1993
Jake Locker,
Ferndale (Wash.) — Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 1,212th overall, 2006; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 321st overall, 2009
Kyler Murray,
Allen (Texas) — Oakland Athletics, 9th overall, 2018
