Peyton Manning Only QB Left in 2014 NFL Playoffs Who Wasn’t Drafted by MLB Team

January 14, 2014   ·   Kyle Newport   ·   Jump to comments

The Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning is arguably the greatest quarterback in NFL history. However, he is the odd man out on a wild fact pertaining to the quarterbacks remaining in the 2014 NFL playoffs.
Of the four quarterbacks left—Manning, Tom Brady, Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson—Manning is the only one who wasn't drafted by an MLB team.
Here's a look at which MLB teams drafted the talented quarterbacks, via CBSSports.com's John Breech:
Wilson has a history in baseball. He was drafted twice—once by the Baltimore Orioles in 2007 and again by the Colorado Rockies in 2010. As noted by CBS Sports Eye on Baseball's Mike Axisa, Wilson did play in Colorado's farm system for a part of the 2010-11 seasons, hitting .229/.354/.356 with five home runs, 19 stolen bases and 118 strikeouts in 93 Class A games as a second baseman.
Even though he is succeeding in the NFL, the Texas Rangers selected Wilson in the Rule 5 draft this past December.

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