Major League Outfielder Retires, Could Play College Football at SMU

DALLAS - Football players can come from all places and in all shapes and all sizes.

Even - as SMU is about to prove - in the place, shape and size of a baseball player.

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jordyn Adams was once upon a time the No. 3-ranked wide receiver in his high school recruiting class.

How good was he? The two guys ahead of him were a couple of kids named "Amon-Ra St. Brown'' and "Ja'Marr Chase.''

While that pair has gone on to become NFL superstars, Adams went with professional baseball, where he was a first-round pick of the Los Angeles Angels, then spent time in the organizations of the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers.

But ... he's spent much of his time in the minor leagues, so, after getting just 79 MLB at-bats today, Adams - at age 26 - is retiring.

From baseball.

But not from sports.

It appears that Adams will be coming back to football, as his social-media account is suggesting.

At this moment, the move seems "unofficial,'' as the SMU website showing the roster does not list his name. Indeed, it is possible that he's enrolling in school in Dallas with a to-be-determined football status.

But multiple outlets are now suggesting that the 6-2, 181-pound Adams will indeed be trying his hand at football.

At one point, Adams was signed up with the University of North Carolina and intended to play both football and baseball. But those plans changed when the Angels selected him with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft and signed him away from college on a deal worth more than $3 million.

In total, Adams spent eight years in baseball but played in just 38 MLB games, collecting 13 hits, six runs scored, one home run and five RBIs. He spent most of his career in the minor leagues, appearing in 678 games.

The SMU program has built itself into being a more-than-competitive one, with talent coming in from everywhere.

And now? Maybe more talent coming in from the unlikeliest of places - Major League Baseball.