“I know I can.”
Asked about the potential to play baseball and football at the professional level, the response from Texas Longhorns freshman outfielder and safety Jonah Williams was spoken with the matter-of-fact confidence that defines elite athletes.
The fact that the question came after the first collegiate start for Williams as a 17-year-old who shouldn’t be playing college baseball for another year might seem premature.
But when obvious talent matches ambition, it never feels too early to talk about the stratosphere that Williams might reach as a rare two-sport athlete in an era of specialization.