OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will play his first game in Baltimore on Sunday when he faces the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. But was there ever a chance that Wilson could've played regularly down the street at Camden Yards?

Wilson was selected out of high school by the Baltimore Orioles in the 41st round of the 2007 baseball draft. At that time, he was an athletic second baseman prospect out of Richmond, Virginia.

"It was definitely a consideration," Wilson said. "I had gotten calls in the first and second and third round, and the Orioles wanted to take me then. I contemplated it or whatever, and I just told them I wanted to play two sports. So, that was kind of my decision to go play at N.C. [North Carolina] State, and obviously growing up near Baltimore, I’ve got a lot of family there in the Maryland area and D.C., as well.”

Wilson has since led the Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, but he's always had an affinity for baseball. He played minor league baseball for the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists in the middle of the 2011 season before becoming the quarterback at the University of Wisconsin. Over the past couple of years, he has spent a few days in the offseason with the Texas Rangers.

In looking back at that 2007 baseball draft, only one player -- All-Star second baseman DJ LeMahieu -- selected in that 41st round reached the Major Leagues.