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Hitless Red Sox prospect becomes Super

Shaq Thompson, a lightning-quick and hard-hitting rookie linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, will be on display for the world to see in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. But it wasn't that long ago that he briefly pursued a professional baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.

In 2012, the Red Sox were trying to think outside the box with some of their later-round picks in the MLB Draft. Amiel Sawdaye, at the time the club's director of amateur scouting, told his scouts to find some standout athletes who might have fallen through the cracks due to limited exposure in baseball.