Best 2 sport athlete of all time? LSU

Trindon Holliday

Ben McDonald: basketball and baseball

Mike Miley, football and baseball

Jared Mitchell was actually on football scholarship, yet started at CF and was drafted by the White Sox. Has to be mentioned.

Chris Jackson

Jared Mitchell should be in this conversation

Did J Mitch do anything with football??

Depends on how you define it.

I feel like a lot of people really mean "best football player who also played another sport" and in that case it's probably Chad Jones, but he really didn't contribute that much in his baseball career; Jared Mitchell wasn't nearly the football players but was way more of a contributor in baseball.

If you mean "best player in one sport who also played another sport" its probably Ben McDonald. Maybe Xavier Carter or Bennie Brazell (football being the "other sport" in those scenarios).

Chris Jackson and Jeremy Witten also contributed a decent amount to both football and baseball. Ricky Jean Francios is in LSU's top ten for shotput and was SEC and BCS CG MVP.

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Jared Mitchell was actually on football scholarship, yet started at CF and was drafted by the White Sox. Has to be mentioned.

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All scholarship athletes who play football are counted against the 85 football limit.

From back in the day

Gerald Kegley FB/baseball
Craig Burns FB/baseball
Al Coffee FB/track (really common)