Ex-Jets QB Hackenberg to try baseball

"I just want to compete, man," Hackenberg said. "I've kind of had my trials
and tribulations with the NFL and had success, and had that roller-coaster
ride. At the end of the day, I'm sitting here at 25. I feel like I've got a
lot left in the tank."

Per NBC Sports Philadelphia, Hackenberg is consistently throwing more than 90
mph, and touching as high as 92.

"I have too much respect for the game of baseball," he said. "I know how hard
it is to hit a baseball, but I have the arm talent."

Hackenberg, who turned 25 in February, was a second-round pick (51st overall)
of the Jets in 2016 but never played a regular-season snap in the NFL.

He is one of only six players drafted in Round 2 or higher since 2001 who did
not play in a regular-season game, and one of only three first- or
second-round quarterbacks in the common-draft era (since 1967) not to play in
his first two seasons.

He last played football for the Alliance of American Football's Memphis
Express in 2019, but the league folded midway through the season.

Hackenberg passed for 8,457 yards, 48 touchdowns and 31 interceptions in three
seasons (2013-15) at Penn State.

He played baseball in high school at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy but
made just 16 total appearances (two starts) as a pitcher, posting a 7.36 ERA,
according to MaxPreps.

As a batter, Hackenberg hit .378 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs over 47 games.

--Field Level Media