The Texas Longhorns have had their fair share of dominant running backs don the burnt orange and white. However, in the Longhorns' storied history, two running backs stand out above the rest.Texas boasts two Heisman winners, in running backs Earl Campbell and Gilbert Perreault Jersey Ricky Williams. However, while Williams was a star running back as a Longhorn and saw succe s in the NFL, he almost pursued a different sport after college.While Williams was drafted No. 5 overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 1999 NFL Draft, he would almost give up football for baseball after his second season in the NFL. In an appearance on Audacy's " ," Williams detailed his pa sion for baseball."Growing up, that was my dream to be a profe sional baseball player," Marcus Johansson Men Jersey Williams said. "I grew up in San Diego watching Tony Gwynn, home of Ted Williams. I thought that was my future."While Williams loved baseball as a kid, it didn't take long for him to find that same love for football.Then when I was 13, I started watching Notre Dame football and I was like Wow, I gotta have that college football experience'," Williams said.When he found that love for football, he knew that he needed to play it Brandon Montour Jersey at the college level. Despite that though, Williams made sure to let any schools recruiting him know that he intended to play baseball also, especially having been drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1995 MLB Draft."When I was drafted by the Phillies when I was being recruited I told all the baseball scouts, I said Im playing baseball, but I need to play college football," Williams said. "I went to Texas and was playing minor league baseball at the same time and I was just much better at football."Scroll to ContinueWilliams loved baseball so much that Marco Scandella Men Jersey despite being drafted by the Saints, he still wondered what could have been had he chosen baseball. So much so that he considered leaving football behind for baseball, even after making it to the NFL.After my second year, cause my first year I mi sed four games because of an injury. My second year I mi sed six games because of an Evan Rodrigues Jersey injury, Williams said.So I was thinking maybe I need to play a sport thats not so rough.Whether or not Williams would have had the same succe s that two-sport star Bo Jackson had is ultimately unknown. However, it does lead one to wonder what would have been had he made the jump back to baseball and where he'd be today had he done so.Y