Steelers Rookie Camp Notes: Golson plays ball, football

[stillers4me]

Cornerback Senquez Golson was a baseball player. Operative word: Was. The Steelers' second-round pick was adamant about it, saying "football is my passion" and that he's "done with baseball." As an 18-year-old Golson turned down a $1.35 million signing bonus with the Boston Red Sox. When the Steelers do get around to signing Golson, don't worry, he says, there won't be any stipulation in his NFL contract preventing him from returning to his first love.


"That's something they won't have to worry about," he says........

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What position did he play in baseball, shortstop?

[hawaiiansteeler]

What position did he play in baseball, shortstop?

he was an outfielder...

The Baseball Draft Report

Playing football and baseball for Ole Miss trumped a big contract with the Red Sox, at least in the mind of Pascaquola HS (MS) OF Senquez Golson. As a big fan of the tradition and atmosphere of SEC sports (not to mention the “scenery,” if you catch my drift), I can’t really fault Golson for picking The Grove over bus rides to and from Lowell. It remains unclear if Golson will ever really emerge as an early round pick because, by all accounts, his heart belongs to the gridiron. That would be a shame because he’s a really good baseball prospect. I’m often slow to come around to raw but toolsy high school outfielders, but Golson’s five tool ability was too great to ignore. He’s obviously a sensational athlete with legitimate plus-plus speed who is able to translate at least some of that athleticism (mostly in the way he defends in center, but also in a hard to describe swing that just looks like something only a great athlete could pull off) to the diamond. His other tools – most notably above-average raw power and a stronger than expected arm – make him a potential middle of the order possibility down the line. If Jake Locker can get picked in the tenth round, then surely Golson, who figures to play more baseball than Locker at the college level, will get early round consideration in three years as well. If, and that’s a Todd Coffey sized if right there, if Golson gets enough at bats at the college level, I genuinely think he’s a potential top ten overall pick as the first college bat off the board.

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