Journey to Greatness: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins

Joe Mauer threw 41 touchdown passes as a senior quarterback at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, winning a state championship and USA Today national player of the year honors. Florida State wanted him for football.

Then the Minnesota Twins selected Mauer first overall in the 2001 MLB Draft. He chose baseball, became a three-time batting champion, and spent his entire career as a hometown hero in the Twin Cities.