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Remember Josh Booty? Sure you do. He was America's best high school athlete in 1994, signed a huge contract with the Florida Marlins as a teenager, quit baseball to play quarterback at LSU, was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2001, and was last seen in the Raiders' 2007 minicamps.

And now things apparently aren't going real well for him. TMZ reports:

Booty was arrested early this morning for DUI -- and was so uncooperative he had to be tased!

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Booty was taken to the Orange County Jail, where he was booked -- and that's when he went ballistic.

O.C. Sheriff's spokesperson Jim Amormino tell TMZ, "Booty was belligerent and uncooperative." Amormino says his deputies used a taser -- "less than lethal force" -- to contain him.

After being tased, Josh fell to the ground, hitting his head on the floor and cracking it open. He was taken to a hospital where he was stitched up.

Booty's brother, former USC quarterback John David Booty, is expected to be selected in this year's NFL draft.

We know about Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson, and Brian Jordan, who all played in the NFL in addition to MLB. Josh Booty was a top pick by the Marlins and wound up playing football at LSU. Joe Mauer had a scholarship offer to play quarterback at Florida State but he chose to become the first pick in the baseball draft instead. Rockies stud outfielder Matt Holliday was no exception to this frequent trend in sports. However, it wasn't until I read Kelli Anderson's article "Twin Peaks" in Sports Illustrated that I found out how good of a football player Matt Holliday was. From the article:

Holliday was such a hot quarterback prospect at Sillwater (Okla.) High, where he broke several of Troy Aikman's state passing records, that Kansas City Chiefs G.M. Carl Peterson sent him a letter during his senior year begging him to choose football over baseball. Holliday was recruited by Notre Dame, Tennessee, Florida State, and Florida, but he signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Oklahoma State, where he could also play baseball with his brother Josh, who is three years older, and for his dad, Tom, who was the Cowboys' baseball coach at the time.

Wow, I mean I've heard of guys being All-State and All-City players in several sports in high school, but breaking Troy Aikman's state records and getting recruited by an NFL G.M. while in high school is especially impressive. It looks like Matt Holliday made the right choice in pursuing baseball. He was an All-Star last year for the Rockies, hitting .326 with 34 home runs and 114 RBI. Through 19 games this year, Holliday is batting .382 and on a six-game hitting streak where he's gone 12 for 22 (.545). Stellar numbers like that will force you to take note of Matt Holliday in case you already haven't.

Playing for the USC Trojans can be a dream for a college football player, but sometimes competing for National Championships year-in and year-out can be a nightmare.

After USC lost the Rose Bowl Game to Texas in 2006, athletic director Mike Garrett addressed the team, as recounted by Josh Booty, brother of the then-incoming signal-caller John David:

Garrett came into the locker room after the game and looked at JD and said 'We don't lose football games here at 'SC.' And he looked right at JD and said 'Don't ever lose a game here.' That was a tough one for JD to swallow, I know that.

John David went on to lose two games in 2006, though he did win the Rose Bowl Game!

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