Former MLB Player Who Turns 29 In August Plans To Walk On To Arkansas Football Team

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Monte Harrison was a member of the Los Angeles Angels less than two years ago. He'll also turn 29-years-old in August, but that isn't stopping him from not only taking his talents to college, but playing an entirely different sport while he's at it.

Harrison is planning to walk on to the Arkansas football team as a wide receiver, having not played football since his senior year in high school back in 2014, according to a report from WholeHogSports.com.

While it may have been a decade ago, Harrison was a four-star recruit on the gridiron in 2014 and was committed to play at Nebraska. The MLB came calling, however, as he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2014 MLB Draft. He elected to go down the professional baseball route, but is now hanging up one helmet for another.

Harrison first appeared in the majors in 2020 with the Miami Marlins when he played in 32 games, hitting .170 with one home run. He essentially wrapped up his professional baseball career last season with the Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds. 

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All in all, Harrison had 57 MLB at bats and hit .176. He played a grand total of 10 seasons at the professional level with a batting average of .242 and 97 long balls.

After a decade of living the not-so-glamorous life of bouncing around MLB with the occasional call up to The Show, Harrison wants to see if he can recreate the magic on the gridiron he showed at the high school level. It's a large ask for him to produce not only as a 29-year-old against younger talent, but at the SEC level when he hasn't played a competitive football game in 10 years.

Harrison had a fantastic senior campaign at Lee's Summit West High School in Missouri, catching 60 passes for over 1,000 yards and 13 touchdowns. He held an offer from Arkansas, but ultimately signed a letter of intent with the Cornhuskers before putting pen to paper with the Brewers.

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