It’s no secret that the Colorado Rockies have a fixation with former quarterbacks. Todd Helton, Matt Holliday and Seth Smith were all signal-callers in college before becoming Rockies, and the organization also used draft picks on NFL quarterbacks Michael Vick and Russell Wilson.
So it wasn’t a shock when Colorado selected Ryan McMahon in the second-round of the 2013 MLB Draft. McMahon, in addition to starring on the baseball diamond, was the starting quarterback at Mater Dei High School in Southern California, a school nationally known for it’s football program.