"Played all the time," Colby said. "Played every game you could think of. We played baseball inside. We broke a lot of stuff. My mom wasn't happy about it."
They veered off to different sports along the way, Blake turning to football and starring at Central Florida, Colby to baseball at Ole Miss. With the Tigers' selection of Colby Bortles in the 22nd round of Wednesday's MLB Draft, they're both now officially professional athletes.
Though they're separated by three years in age and different sports, it doesn't take long to realize how close the brothers are. After Blake went to the Jacksonville Jaguars as the third overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, he told media in Orlando, Fla.