DJ Uiagalelei? Baseball? Why the Dodgers drafted the former five-star St. John Bosco QB

Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei looks to pass against North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game on Dec. 3, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is hoping to find success at his second college this fall, after the former Clemson star and Bellflower St. John Bosco High product transferred to Oregon State for the 2023 season. Just no baseball reps.” Despite Uiagalelei’s lack of experience, Lee said Clemson still recruited him to play baseball as well as football. “That,” Lee said, “was kind of the end of his baseball career.” At least, that’s how it seemed until the Dodgers drafted him, giving the club the exclusive rights to sign Uiagalelei as a baseball player until next year’s draft. “But if football doesn’t pan out the way he wants it to, I think this guy will be in spring training next year, and he will be full-blown into what we want him to do.” Uiagalelei’s baseball training could begin even sooner, with Gasparino saying that the team will look for “some creative ways to get him to throw on the side” during his football season this fall. “He’s the nicest kid in the world.” Then, Lee remembered one more story from Uiagalelei’s time at Clemson, when the quarterback took part in a student-body home run derby at the baseball team’s stadium last year.