Josh Booty Joshua Gibson Booty ( born April 29 , 1975 ) is an American professional baseball and American football player . He is currently a pitcher in the organization of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . Booty has played in MLB as a third baseman , and also in the National Football League as a quarterback . He is the older brother of John David Booty . High school ( 1991 – 1994 ) . Booty went to Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport , Louisiana . Josh ' s father Johnny was an all - American highschool football player as well at Shreveports Woodlawn HS and was the Athletic Director at Evangel Christian . He was also one of the founders of the Evangel school that turned into a football factory . Booty was named to the All - Time National High School All - American team by Dick Butkus . Joe Namath , and John Elway were the other two QB ' s mentioned on the All - Time team . As quarterback for the football team , he threw for 11 , 700 yards and 126 touchdowns , becoming the first high school player in history to throw for more than 10 , 000 yards ( despite missing the last four games of his senior year because of a broken hand ) . Booty was named the USA Today Offensive Player of the Year and was named the National High School Player of the Year by at least six associations , including Parade and the Football News . As a shortstop for the baseball team , he was a four - time All - State choice at shortstop . As a senior , he batted . 429 with 20 intentional walks , 25 stolen bases , and 12 home runs in 70 at bats . He was the starting shortstop for the U . S . Junior Olympic National Team that won the silver medal . He was a USA Today All - American shortstop . Booty won a silver medal in the 1993 U . S . Olympic Festival . He was the 5th pick overall in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins . Highly recruited by major college football programs from across the country , Booty decided to sign with the Marlins for a then - record $ 1 . 6 million signing bonus . Baseball career ( 1994 – 1998 ) . Booty was the fifth pick overall in the first round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft ( 1994 ) . Booty spent five years in the Marlins organization , and was a career . 269 hitter in the big leagues . The Marlins reportedly paid him 1 . 6 million , a then draft signing bonus record , if he did not play football in the duration of his contract , but decided to pursue a career in pro football . He hit 20 - plus home runs in single and double A minor league stops and was voted the Minor League Defensive Player of the Year in 1997 for the Portland Sea Dogs . He was a part of the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins and has a World Series Championship ring . College Football career ( 1999 – 2000 ) . In 1999 , Booty went to Louisiana State University ( LSU ) to play football for LSU ' s football team . During two years there , he completed 49 . 3 % of his passes for 3 , 951 yards and 24 touchdowns . Freshman season . Booty beat out two future NFL draft picks Craig Nall and Rohan Davey for the starting job . The Tigers did not have much success , and Head Coach Gerry DiNardo was fired during the season . Sophomore season . During his sophomore season ( 2000 ) , under Coach Nick Saban , Booty started the first four games of the season . In LSU ' s 58 – 0 victory over Western Carolina he completed 80 . 0 % of his passes for 291 yards , throwing two touchdowns and no interceptions . In LSU ' s 28 – 13 victory over Houston he completed 44 . 0 % of his passes for 175 yards , throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions . In LSU ' s 17 – 34 loss to # 24 Auburn he completed 44 . 8 % of his passes for 214 yards , throwing two touchdowns and one interception . In LSU ' s 10 – 13 loss to UAB he completed 39 . 5 % of his passes for 156 yards . Booty did not play in next game against # 11 Tennessee because of a rib injury . Davey quarterbacked a 38 – 31 overtime victory over Tennessee in Tiger Stadium . Davey only completed 33 . 3 % of his passes against Florida , throwing no touchdowns and one interception , so Booty took over with 10 : 32 left in the third quarter while the score was Florida 24 , LSU 3 . Booty finished the game , completing 62 . 5 % of his passes for 184 yards , throwing one touchdown . The final score was Florida 41 , LSU 9 . Booty was starting quarterback for the rest of the season : During Booty ' s nine games as a starter , LSU went 6 – 3 , as Booty threw 17 touchdowns and 14 interceptions . Booty finished his sophomore season throwing for 2 , 121 yards , which at the time was the third - best performance by a sophomore in LSU history , behind Jeff Wickersham ' s 1983 sophomore season ( 2 , 542 yards ) and Tommy Hodson ' s 1987 sophomore season ( 2 , 125 yards ) . Booty was voted to the first team All - SEC Team , becoming the first LSU quarterback to be awarded that honor since Tommy Hodson ( first team All - SEC Team , 1986 – 1989 ) . At the end of the 2000 season , LSU went to the Peach Bowl and posted a 28 – 14 victory over # 15 Georgia Tech . Booty played the first half ( only completing 42 . 1 % of his passes for no touchdowns and no interceptions ) . Professional football career . Booty was taken as the 177th pick ( 6th round ) of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks . He was the 11th quarterback taken , behind Michael Vick of Virginia Tech , Drew Brees of Purdue , Quincy Carter of Georgia , Marques Tuiasosopo of Washington , Chris Weinke of Florida State , Sage Rosenfels of Iowa State , Jesse Palmer of Florida , Mike McMahon of Rutgers , A . J . Feeley of Oregon and Josh Heupel of Oklahoma . Personal life . One of Booty ' s younger brothers , Abram , was a wide receiver at LSU ( 1997 – 1999 ) , Valdosta State University ( 2000 ) and a Cleveland Browns wide receiver in 2001 . Another brother , John , was the starting quarterback at USC in 2007 , and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2008 . John David quarterbacked USC ' s victories over Michigan and Illinois in the 2007 and 2008 Rose Bowl s , respectively . Booty was married to Rachel Reynolds in 2003 and later divorced . Both Louisiana natives , Reynolds and Booty met while he played football and Reynolds was on the track team at LSU . Josh is Co - founder of Oxygenade . com He was formerly the spokesperson for TrueMRI in Beverly Hills , California , and has been involved with numerous radio and television commentating work in sports , including Sirius , Fox Sports , ESPN Radio Booty has been involved in numerous charity events and has participated in the Celebrity Players Tour . He has been involved with charities such as Winner ' s Circle youth organization benefiting inner - city kids , as well as with children ' s hospitals across America . Booty helped jump start a Little League Baseball program for kids in the Czech Republic . Booty also is a minority owner in Water Tree Ventures . Water Tree is primarily a Health Care related company that distributes free Pharmacy Discount Cards across the US to the uninsured . Josh recently joined forces with SignorGroup . com a real estate development company in the oil and gas space . Josh sits on the advisory board for We Are Community Inc . which founded the site WeAreLasVegas . com . Josh is involved with the start - up movie production company Kamikaze Dogfight Films . Josh has also played several roles on the daytime TV show Days of Our Lives . Josh serves as CEO of AmpedUpSales . com Josh won the MLB Network reality show " The Next Knuckler " , hosted by former Boston Red Sox players Tim Wakefield and Kevin Millar . The show also included football players Doug Flutie , John David Booty , David Greene , and Ryan Perrilloux . For winning , he got a chance to go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a pitcher , even though his baseball rights technically still belong to the Marlins .