Tim Tebow’s first full minor-league baseball season is in the books, but the former Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida quarterback isn’t expected to reach the major leagues anytime soon.
The 30-year-old NFL flameout hit a modest .226 over 126 games with the New York Mets’ Single-A affiliates, the Columbia Fireflies and the St. Lucie Mets.
Tebow, who was picked in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft after helping the Florida Gators to a pair of NCAA titles, told the Associated Press that he hopes to continue his career in the Mets’ system. However, the Mets’ intentions remain unclear.
Considering his age and mediocre numbers at the lower rungs of professional baseball, Tebow isn’t considered the major prospect that NFL teams once viewed him as.
Tim Tebow split time between minor league teams in the New York Mets’ system in 2017, but failed to show the same promise he once displayed on the football field
After starting the year in Columbia, where he hit .220 with three home runs, Tebow went on to the Florida State League, where he batted an impressive .317 over his first 25 games for St. Lucie and even had a 12-game hitting stream.
Unfortunately for him, Tebow’s bat went cold and he even endured a 3-for-44 slump in August, while hitting just .161 for the month.
There is a chance Tebow could see some time in the Arizona Fall League, where aspiring baseball players can gain valuable experience before reporting for spring training in February.
‘It’s still something we’re figuring out, but for me it’ll be a lot of training,’ he told the AP. ‘For me it’ll be about working on training and building the muscle-memory where I can do it for two, five, seven days and continue to build a couple of weeks at a time.’
Tebow might have more of a future in television.
Tebow (left) remains one of the most decorated quarterbacks in college football history and already serves as an analyst for ESPN
He already serves as a college football analyst for ESPN, having signed a multi-year extension back in May. Since 2014, Tebow’s primary role at the network has been covering the Southeastern Conference, where he starred for four seasons beginning in 2006.
‘Over the last three years ESPN and the SEC Nation crew have become like family,’ Tebow said in a press release. ‘I love the passion that SEC fans bring to our set every Saturday morning and I look forward to continuing to share my own love of the game with fans on ESPN and SEC Network.’
Tebow has also made appearances on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America.’
Tebow famously helped the Denver Broncos reach the playoffs in 2011 and even threw a dramatic game-winning touchdown pass to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, but after losing to the New England Patriots the following week, Tebow would go on to appear in only 12 more NFL games.
Tebow (center) may have a significant future in television. In addition to his work for ESPN, he has also appeared on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’
Tebow helped the Broncos to the playoffs in 2011 and even led Denver to a postseason victory, but he would appear in only 12 more NFL games before giving up on professional football