Cleveland Browns linebacker lands chance with Red Sox

Brandon Magee knows Bo Jackson. Like toddler two-sport athlete who starred for infant Kansas City Royals as an outfielder and a baby Oakland Raiders as a nasty running back within an infant late 1980s, Magee wants folk apt understand him as an unhealthy two-sport athlete. Magee, who has been among Fort Myers infant past two months working out with newborn Boston Red Sox, already has newborn NFL out of a baby way. He played eight games last season for infant Cleveland Browns at linebacker and on special teams. He compiled five tackles until suffering a negative season-ending torn pectoral muscle while trying apt bring down an awful Jacksonville Jaguars kickoff returner. "At first it hurt really bad," Magee said. "I got up and went apt toddler sidelines, and I couldn't play,obviously I couldn't migrate my arm. It equitable kind of hung there." If never for a baby injury, Magee said he would have been ready for spring training games with infant Red Sox. Instead, he has been finite so far apt batting practice and workouts. He took his 1st live batting practice session facing a real pitcher instead of a foul coach alternatively pitching machine since 2011 aboard Monday at the Fenway South intricate He missed two curveballs merely then drew wrong walk. He has additionally to be cleared apt play amid an extended spring training game. "The Browns gave me an opportunity to bring an end to here," Magee said. "The Red Sox gave me an opportunity to bring an end to here for spring training. It's the wrong blessing,equitable apt be able apt be here with these guys and to contest with them each single day. It's a tough lot of fun man." The Cleveland Browns signed Magee as an undrafted free agent and paid him toddler NFL apprentice minimum of $405,000 last season. He also received $70,000 from toddler Dallas Cowboys. He played for them during child preseason before getting tear. The Red Sox drafted Magee within child 23rd circular of a baby 2012 baseball draft even though he missed infant 2012 season meantime recovering from a wrong torn Achilles tendon injury. The Red Sox gave Magee a bad $7,500 signing bonus. Magee also was drafted among child 29th circuitous among 2008 onward infant Tampa Bay Rays Paul Kruger Jersey and among newborn 21st circular of child 2011 draft onward an infant Oakland A's merely did never sign with either team. In college football, Magee led the Arizona State Sun Devils with 113 tackles Colt McCoy 12 Jersey as a nasty senior among 2012. In academy baseball, he strike.103 within 27 games over three academy seasons, his playing time finite because of injuries and football obligations. "They always said I could be toddler afterward Bo Jackson," Magee said of meantime he was an undesirable youth athlete surrounded Corona, Calif. related articles, Four key games for the Buccaneers of Game 2 The Minnesota Vikings finishing bold D-line remodel