CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -Passed over in the NFL draft, former Miami linebacker Glenn Cook got a call from a pro team Thursday.
That team? The Chicago Cubs.
Cook was the Cubs’ 46th-round selection, No. 1,400 overall, even though he hasn’t played competitive baseball in nearly a decade. He spent six years in Miami’s football program, never playing baseball for the Hurricanes.
He pitched and played center field as a junior in high school before concentrating on hitting ballcarriers instead of baseballs.
“I’m just as shocked as you are,” Cook told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Thursday night.
Cook expects to complete a physical and sign a contract in the coming days, then report to Mesa, Ariz., for Class A training with the Cubs.
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