Wendell Magee

Magee played football at Hattiesburg High School in Mississippi but was never picked to play on the school's baseball team. He accepted a scholarship to play college football at Tennessee State on the condition that he be allowed to play for the school's baseball team as well. However, after one season, coaches told Magee that he would not be allowed to play baseball because he was too valuable as a baseball player. Magee then transferred to Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Mississippi to play football for his former high school coach as well as college baseball. After one season at Pearl River, Magee transferred to Samford University where he played baseball and football as a running back (under head coaches Terry Bowden and Chan Gailey) for the Samford Bulldogs. He was later inducted into the athletics halls of fame for both Peral River and Samford. He was selected by the…