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Coming out of high school, Donovan Tate was a four-star quarterback destined to play on the college level, but sometimes destiny takes a while to come to fruition.

You see, while Tate was a four-star recruit, that was back in 2009. And while he was being recruited by plenty of colleges to play quarterback at the time, the San Diego Padres also liked Tate's baseball ability. So much so that they decided to draft Tate as a centerfielder with the No. 3 overall pick of the 2009 MLB Draft.

Unfortunately, Tate's baseball career never panned out as he spent six seasons in the minors hitting .226/.331/.321, never progressing past the Single-A level. So now he's finally going to give college football a try, and as the Arizona Star reports, Tate is enrolling at Arizona as a walk-on.

Since his paperwork hasn't been finalized, the school cannot comment on Tate, but the Star reports that as per his contract with the team, the Padres will pay Tate's school costs.

Now, if you've done the math in your head, you realize that 2009 was eight years ago, and if that's when Tate graduated high school, he's going to be significantly older than his teammates.

And that's exactly the case. Tate is currently 26 years old and will turn 27 on September 27, which would be before Arizona's fifth game of the season. Now, while it's not exactly ordinary to see a 27-year old playing quarterback on the college level, it's not unheard of either.

BYU quarterback Taysom Hill celebrated his 26th birthday just before the beginning of the 2016 season, and back in 2000, Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke won the Heisman Trophy when he was 28-years-old. Brandon Weeden was also 28 when he left Oklahoma State to become the No. 22 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Like Tate, Weinke was drafted as a baseball player out of high school, but he'd also committed to Florida State as a quarterback. After the baseball career didn't work out, Weinke took Florida State up on that scholarship offer, won a Heisman and went on to play in the NFL.

I'm sure Tate would love to follow that same path.