No. 1 2020 QB Recruit DJ Uiagalelei Wants to Enroll Early at Clemson and Play Baseball
By Jerry Trotta
For those who aren't familiar with the name (that is just as hard to spell as it is to pronounce), DJ Uiagalelei is the No.1 overall quarterback recruit in 2020 on many national databases and the crowned jewel of Clemson's ELITE recruiting class for next season.
However, it would appear that DJ's will explore the rare opportunity of playing two sports at a program of the Tigers' prestige. Per Yahoo! Sports, Uiagalelei is planning to graduate high school early so that he can play baseball this spring at Death Valley.
In this column from @PeteThamel, D.J. Uiagalelei, the No. 1 quarterback recruit in the 2020 class and Clemson commit for baseball/football, says he plans to graduate high school early and play baseball at Clemson this spring https://t.co/klCwX8Ib0A
— Teddy Cahill (@tedcahill) July 12, 2019
I’m going to graduate early,” he said. "That's the plan right now. Unless something changes with the MLB Draft or something like that. I’m on track to graduate early."
“Right now, the thing is that I’ll most likely play spring baseball instead of my senior year. I still don’t know. It might change, but that’d be the plan. I would do both." DJ continued.
In case you're wondering why Uiagalelei would elect to be a two-sport athlete, it's because he's damn good at baseball. Per Teddy Cahill, he can hurl a 95 MPH fastball and is a genuine big league prospect.
D.J. Uiagalelei didn't play much baseball this spring, but I'm told he was up to 93 mph when he did pitch. He's listed at 6-foot-4, 235 ?
— Teddy Cahill (@tedcahill) July 12, 2019
With that being said, these comments suggest that still he plans put the majority of his eggs in the football basket. After all, 247Sports ranks him as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the nation in the 2020 pool.
Don't worry, Tiger Nation.