John Rhys Plumlee had a busier Friday evening than you

It was fairly the Friday evening for UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee.

Plumlee is an outfielder for UCF’s baseball workforce, who had a house sport Friday evening for Memphis.

Plumlee can be the workforce’s beginning quarterback, and because the scheduling gods would have it, UCF’s Spring Recreation was scheduled for Friday evening as effectively.

That made for fairly the busy evening for the athlete.

Plumlee was within the beginning lineup for the Knights, getting the beginning in heart subject and batting ninth within the lineup. He opened the scoring within the backside of the third inning, when his triple to left-center subject knocked in Cole Russo and Drew Faurot to present the Knights an early 2-0 lead:

It was the primary triple of his school baseball profession.

Plumlee would rating moments in a while a single from catcher Ben McCabe as a part of a five-run inning that gave UCF a 5-0 lead into the fourth.

Plumlee exited the sport within the later innings, as a result of it was time to strap on the pads:

Plumlee missed the beginning of the sport, however put up some huge numbers from the pocket as effectively. The QB hit on 10 of his 17 passes for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns, together with this deep shot to Kobe Hudson:

After the pair of video games, Plumlee talked concerning the expertise:

“It’s one thing that I’ll always remember,” Plumlee stated. “Coach Malzahn, I keep in mind being on the cellphone with him after I was within the switch portal and telling him, ‘Hey, coach, I wish to play soccer however I additionally wish to play baseball.’ He gave me his phrase. For him to comply with by means of with that, and to undergo the lengths he’s gone by means of — and (UCF baseball coach Greg) Lovelady, too — to present me the chance to do what I like to do is admittedly particular.”

Plumlee additionally shared this on social media, which put his evening into perspective:

How spectacular was his efficiency? It caught the eye of one of the notable two-sport athletes in MLB and NFL historical past, none apart from Deion Sanders:

Not a foul evening in any respect for a university athlete.

And possibly a busier evening than you had.