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Which 2-sport athlete would you rather have, Eric Decker or Jared Mitchell? Decision must be based on having him for both sports (i.e. can't choose one for football and one for baseball).

Stats for each:
Mitchell
Football
YEAR REC YDS AVG TD
2006 2 25 12.5 0
2007 13 143 11.0 0
2008 9 106 11.8 0
Baseball
YEAR AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG OB% SB
2008 .297 44 52 10 1 6 29 .469 .363 16
2009 .326 55 60 11 4 8 40 .560 .472 30

Decker
Football
YEAR REC YDS AVG TD
2006 26 378 14.5 3
2007 67 909 13.6 9
2008 84 1074 12.8 7

Baseball
YEAR AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG OB% SB
2008 .329 42 53 7 4 3 28 .478 .439 9
2009 .332 41 66 12 3 4 24 .482 .394 11

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Posted by strikingoutsince87

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Member since Jan 2009

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Posted on 5/29/09 at 9:45 am to TheLittleAristotle

I'll take Chad Jones

....but if I had to pick then Mitchell

This post was edited on 5/29/09 at 9:46 am

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Posted by tweave4

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Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 5/29/09 at 9:48 am to TheLittleAristotle

Chris Jackson hands down

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Posted by N.O. via West-Cal

New Orleans

Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 5/29/09 at 9:53 am to TheLittleAristotle

a 1000 yard receiver and a .320+ hitter. Day-umm.

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Posted by graychef

Member since Jun 2008

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Posted on 5/29/09 at 10:23 am to TheLittleAristotle

Cannot be determined by stats alone. Decker, like Mitchell, would not see the playing field much on LSU's football team due to the WR depth the last few years. So the football comparison is invalid.

This post was edited on 5/29/09 at 10:24 am

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