Stirring up 90's memories...
Tony Gonzalez at Cal in the mid-90's was a dual sport TE/PF and pretty good on the court, in addition to being a gridiron star. I recall him shining in the NCAA tournament. Charlie Ward won the Heisman, then chose the NBA. TerrelI Owens played both basketball and football at Chattanooga. I remember hearing or reading back in the day a quote from an NBA player about being a college athlete and trying to recruit wide receivers that they played pickup with in the off-season to join the basketball team. Unfortunately, those wide receivers had their $$ and their futures in the football program. Michael Jordan liked playing pickup at North Carolina with the defensive backs from the football team who, he said, were stronger defenders owing to they moved their feet and stayed in front of him!