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Jameis Winston named to preseason All-America team -- as a baseball player

We've used a lot of ink (pixels? bandwidth? electrons?) discussing Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson's baseball past. But Heisman Trophy winner and BCS National Champion Jameis Winston could have quite the baseball future.

Baseball America named their college baseball preseason All-Americans on Monday, and Winston made the third team as a utility player.

The Florida State quarterback has said before that he'd like to be a two-sport star in the mold of former outfielder and human cheat code Bo Jackson, and he was drafted by the Rangers in 2012.

MLB.com's Jim Callis referred to Winston as a "possible five-tool" outfielder had he given up football to focus on baseball exclusively. Considering guys like Jackson and Deion Sanders successfully made the transition, it's certainly possible that Winston could do the same.

Plus, at the end of the day, Winston can do this: