SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In 2010, Russell Wilson and Kyle Parker squared off on the football field. The next summer, they were teammates on the baseball field.
Parker was at Clemson, where he was the first Division I athlete to throw 20 touchdown passes and hit 20 home runs in the same academic year. He also was a freshman All-American in two sports.
Wilson was at N.C. State, where he played football and baseball but later transferred to University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In that 2010 meeting, Parker's Tigers beat Wilson's Wolfpack, 14-13.
The following June, both were drafted by the Rockies and played one season together with the Class A Asheville Tourists in 2011.