PostSportsPlus: Austin Aune was going to be the next Derek Jeter. Now he’s college football’s extraordinary ‘old man’ QB
at the time as having “an impressive package of tools, starting with plus raw power and arm strength … a balanced lefthanded stroke and solid speed, and scouts praise his makeup as well.”“He could run, had good athleticism both offensively and defensively, and he was big and physical,” Damon Oppenheimer, the Yankees’ vice president of domestic amateur scouting, said this week. “You had a chance to get someone that’s a little unique.
Aune had his best season with the Low-A Charleston Riverdogs in 2015. Two years later, he was out of baseball.Aune’s struggles continued at stops in short-season Staten Island and Low-A Charleston . He was elevated in 2016 to High-A Tampa, but he bottomed out with a .154 batting average during the 2017 season.
“I didn’t want to quit, especially with the opportunity that they gave me and the amount of money that they gave me. It’s something I didn’t want to walk away from. I fought until the end, but it didn’t work out. I was pretty bummed. When they released me, I tried to get back on the football recruiting map.”
“I wanted to be the next Derek Jeter. I think there’s pressure being a second-round pick and making that kind of money … but the Yankees were trying to help me become the best I could be.”“The football shape was not the hard part, but getting back into the speed of the game,” Aune said. “I also had to shorten up my arm motion because [it had gotten longer during] the transition from shortstop to outfield.
“He’s always had a great attitude and worked extremely hard,” North Texas coach Seth Littrell said. “He’s very mature, very competitive, and he’s a great teammate. That’s what I was really impressed with. He knew he had to earn everything. Nothing was gonna be given to him. He had to have the mentality to outwork and get better.
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