When Stanford last welcomed a player back onto its football team following a yearlong professional baseball hiatus, Tyler Gaffney rushed for 1,717 yards and helped lead the way to a Pac-12 championship.
Three years later, defensive back Zach Hoffpauir is trying to replicate Gaffney's path, and the Cardinal are hoping to enjoy a veteran boost similar to the one they got in 2013.
Just like last time, though, there'll be an acclimatization period -- after all, finding a way to squarely hit a round ball with a round bat is different than laying the wood on a receiver crossing the field.