When [autotag]DJ Lagway[/autotag] gets on campus in Gainesville, he’ll be immediately competing for a starting job as the quarterback of the football team.
But the five-star commit is also a talented baseball player, and he could follow a similar path to redshirt freshman Max Brown, according to Jacob Rudner of 247Sports. Brown served as a reserve outfielder for Kevin O’Sullivan on the baseball team, but his priority was football in Year 1.
Lagway will enroll early in the spring and use that time to figure out his “daily routine” and “get focused on everything with football.” His involvement with the baseball team — which just started fall ball practices — should be little to none during his first full year of college.
“Maybe the following spring, or spring after that if need be to be ready to play some baseball,” Lagway said.
Lagway is certainly talented enough to balance the workload and busy schedule that comes with being a two-sport athlete, but Florida has one of the most competitive baseball programs in the country. Waiting a whole year could get him lost in the shuffle.
It’s good to see Lagway locking in on football, though. Florida needs an elite quarterback. One that — with no disrespect to Graham Mertz — can throw the deep ball. If he can be a Day 1 starter by giving up baseball, then it seems every bit worth it.
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