Samardzija agrees with Cubs, will play for Irish in fall

[Keith7]

How can he still play college football if he is a profesional athlete now??

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Samardzija agrees with Cubs, will play for Irish in fall
ESPN.com news services

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs agreed to a contract Sunday with fifth-round draft pick Jeff Samardzija of Notre Dame, a star wide receiver for the Fighting Irish football team.

Samardzija's deal is for five years and worth up to $7.25 million, a source close to Samardzija told ESPN's Joe Schad.

Once the deal is approved by the commissioner's office, Samardzija will join the Boise Hawks, an advanced rookie club of the Northwest League.

Samardzija will be able to play at Notre Dame this fall. His plan is to play professional baseball and football after graduating Notre Dame and he is a possible first round draft choice in the next NFL draft.

The deal is backloaded and Samrdzija would have to continue to play baseball in order to approach the maximum value of the contract.

The Valparaiso, Ind., native caught a record 15 touchdown passes last fall. He then went 8-2 with a 4.33 ERA in 15 starts for the baseball team.

Joe Schad is ESPN's college football reporter. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[District303aPastPlayer]

becuase he is a pro baseball player... as being a professional football player, he is not one yet. he isn't jeapordizing his football eligibility because its a different sport.

Remember UT WR Quan Cosby? He was a pro baseballer for a while, now he is a soph at UT playing ball for the Horns

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
becuase he is a pro baseball player... as being a professional football player, he is not one yet. he isn't jeapordizing his football eligibility because its a different sport.

Remember UT WR Quan Cosby? He was a pro baseballer for a while, now he is a soph at UT playing ball for the Horns
Same with former Dallas QB Quincy Carter (UGa) and former Longhorn RB Ricky Williams.

[District303aPastPlayer]

as long as the player doesnt sign any endorsement deals, then its not an issue.. ie; the Olympic Skier Jeremy Bloom.. but he cant play baseball while football is ongoing

[Adidas410s]

remember that Cedric Benson played with the LA Dodgers for 2 years during the summer in college. He was getting paid by them as well.

[kaorder1999]

same with the receiver at UT....the kid from MArt

[AggieJohn]

means you don't have too use a ship on samardzija

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
same with the receiver at UT....the kid from MArt


Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
Remember UT WR Quan Cosby? He was a pro baseballer for a while, now he is a soph at UT playing ball for the Horns

[Steer Fever]

He also won his first pro boxin fight notto long ago.

[TMer25]

Originally posted by Steer Fever
He also won his first pro boxin fight notto long ago.


That was Tom Zbikowski, not Samardzija

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by TMer25
That was Tom Zbikowski, not Samardzija

What he said :rolleyes:

The safety is the boxer, Samardzija was his roommate the receiver.