Son of Ken Griffey Jr. gets signed by an NFL team after going undrafted

After four years at Arizona, Trey Griffey is going to try and play a pro sport. It's just not going to be the one that his dad played. 

The son of Ken Griffey Jr. signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Colts over the weekend, his agent confirmed to the Indianapolis Star.  

Despite the fact that his dad is a baseball Hall of Famer, the younger Griffey decided not to follow in his footsteps. After high school, Trey joined the football team at the University of Arizona. 

During four seasons with the Wildcats, Griffey caught 79 passes for 1,241 yards and six touchdowns. As a senior in 2016, Griffey was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 after a season in which he caught 23 passes for 382 yards and two touchdowns. 

The wide receiver's best year at Arizona came in 2014, when he caught 31 passes for 405 yards as a sophomore. In 2015, the younger Griffey caught a 95-yard touchdown pass, which still ranks as the second-longest scoring play in school history. 

Although the Colts don't have a pressing need at wide receiver right now -- they already have T.Y. Hilton, Donte Moncrief and Phillip Dorsett on the roster -- Griffey's size could give him an outside chance to make the roster. At 6-feet-3, Griffey is six inches taller than Hilton, and he would be the tallest receiver on the team's roster. 

The Colts haven't officially announced their undrafted free agent signings, but if they didn't add any other receivers, that means Griffey would be the only rookie at that position trying to make the roster. Indy didn't pick any receivers duding the 2017 NFL Draft. 

The contract with the Colts isn't the first time that Griffey has gotten a taste of pro sports. In June 2016, the younger Griffey was selected by the Mariners during the 24th round of the MLB Draft. The younger Griffey never planned to play baseball, and it's believed the pick was the Mariners' way of honoring their long-time star, Griffey Jr.  

During his MLB career, Griffey Jr. was named to the All-Star team 13 times. The former Reds and Mariners center fielder, who ranks sixth on MLB's all-time home run list with 630, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016. 

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