Complex sentence: He considered going to Rutgers, and playing both baseball and football there, but committed to attending the University of Virginia, with whom he had signed on scholarship with the understanding that at least for his freshman year he would only play baseball.
Split into simpler sentences: He considered going to Rutgers, and playing both baseball and football there. But he committed to attending the University of Virginia, with whom he signed on scholarship with the understanding that at least for his freshman year he would only play baseball.