The star player of the Washington team, quarterback Jake Locker, has decided to show his baseball skills this season as he will play for the Bellingham Bells this season. The West Coast Collegiate baseball team has many top players playing from the Northwest. The general manager of the Bell’s team, Dave Lewis, said that the decision of Locker to play baseball was in consultation with his football coach Tyrone Willingham. The football coach said that he completely supports the decision of Jake Locker to play baseball in the coming season and denied the fact that playing baseball will cause an impact on his football skills.
Jake Locker was a standout baseball player in high school and he is capable of both pitching as well as playing in the outfield. Locker was to be a first round picks for the 2006 amateur baseball draft, but his prior commitment to play for the Washington football team had the major league teams step backwards. Locker had an outstanding season for Washington last season with 14 touchdowns and he threw for 2,062 yards. He not only made rushes for another 986 yards but also had 13 scores last season. Lewis feels that it is football that first comes to the mind of Locker and he is sure that he will join the Washington team for their season opener at Oregon on August 30.