The New York Mets have signed former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow to a minor league contract, ESPN is reporting. The 29-year-old has officially signed a baseball contract with the New York Mets, the team confirmed via Twitter. Alderson said after instructional league, Tebow may play in the Arizona Fall League if he has shown the aptitude to play in the league typically reserved for top prospects.

The Florida QB won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and helped the Gators to two national championships. Over the past few days, the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays seemed the have had the most interest, but early this morning, neither team signed Tebow.

When Sandy Alderson initially was asked one month ago whether the New York Mets would consider signing Tim Tebow, the general manager joked: "Are you insinuating we need a Hail Mary at this point?" But all of those players played baseball in college and started their professional careers at a much younger age than Tebow.

With Tebow gearing up for a baseball season, you might think that his time at the SEC Network would be coming to an end.

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During his workout with 28 of the 30 major league clubs, Tebow ran a 60-yard dash, took fly balls, threw from the outfield as well as taking swings from a pair of former major league pitchers.

Kevin Fagan, Tebow's baseball coach at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Fl., wouldn't be surprised if Tebow makes it all the way to the bigs.

Not just the Mets will be watching Tebow's progress.

Brooks" spring training appearances raised money for his Touch "Em All Foundation; the Mets organization and individual players vowed to make donations, which were directed to children's charities. "I talked to quite a few of our players and our view is the positives outweighs the negatives", Phillips said. I want to be someone that pursues what I believe in and what I'm passionate about, and a lot of people will say, "Well, what if you fail?" He added that years from now he wanted to look back and feel "I did everything I could do to be the best I could be".