no looking back
He was one of the best high school players in the state in 2011, a first-team All-America outfielder from a strong Pascagoula High program. He was drafted in the eighth round by the Boston Red Sox and reportedly offered $1.4M to sign. Had he done so, he might have reached the Double-A level by now, knocking on the door of the big leagues. But he turned the Red Sox down, going off instead to try his hand at two sports, football and baseball, at Ole Miss. That plan didn’t work out so well. He’s barely played any baseball for the Rebels and he hadn’t made a huge impact in football either. Until Saturday. If Senquez Golson had any regrets about passing on pro baseball, he doesn’t have any at this moment. The 5-foot-9 senior defensive back’s interception in the back of the end zone against Alabama sealed one of Ole Miss’ biggest football victories ever. This might be a special season for the Rebels, and Golson surely will love having been a part of it. He might have a future in football. Heck, he might get another shot at baseball — though he won’t get another $1.4M bonus. As Peter Marshall used to say on Hollywood Squares, “I might have gone to Paul Lynde to block, but this may work out.”