[Photo album] White Sox glad Adam Engel turned down Wisconsin football scholarship to play baseball

A 2009 Loveland Magazine File Photo of Adam Engel playing football for Loveland High School

Editor’s Note:

Adam Engel was inducted into the Loveland High School Athletic Hall of Fame on February 2, 2018 [Exclusive Video] Class of 2017 LHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction]

This article was published in the Chicago Tribune on February 26

by David Haugh – Chicago Tribune

GLENDALE, Ariz. – White Sox outfielder Adam Engel wanted to be the next Brett Favre, but football’s loss was baseball’s gain.

“My dream always was to play in the NFL,’’ Engel said.

The former Loveland (Ohio) High School quarterback still wonders how different his life might be had he accepted Wisconsin’s scholarship offer. After initially showing lukewarm interest in Engel as a defensive back, ex-Badgers coach Bret Bielema found, late in the process, a spot in his 2010 recruiting class on the offensive side — too late, as it turned out. By then, Engel had made a commitment to the University of Louisville to play baseball.  Read on at the Chicago Tribune…

Here are other photos of Adam Engel playing sports while at Loveland High School

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