FAYETTEVILLE — Feleipe Franks typically does not answer random calls from numbers he does not have saved in his cell phone.
Last spring, though, for whatever reason, the former Florida Gators starting quarterback made an exception. He answered the cold call coming in from Boston.
On the other end of the line was a member of the Red Sox organization, and at the conclusion of the conversation Franks learned that the franchise was interested in selecting him in the upcoming MLB Draft.
“I hadn’t played baseball in like five years,” Franks told WholeHogSports. “Long story short, I threw this bullpen and two weeks later they drafted me.