The New York Mets signed former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow to a minor league contract on Thursday, the team announced on Twitter.

The 29-year-old Tebow, who held a workout for scouts and evaluators from 28 major league organizations last month, will play in the Instructional League, and could also be sent to the Arizona Fall League, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted.

Though he hasn’t played competitive baseball since high school, Tebow impressed some scouts with his raw power and bat speed dur

Alabama’s Derrick Henry is the first running back since 2009 to win the Heisman Trophy, beating out Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson.

Alabama running back Derrick Henry won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, capping a junior campaign that saw him rush for an SEC-record 1,986 yards on 339 carries and score a conference record-tying 23 touchdowns.

Henry is the first running back to claim the Heisman since 2009, when Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram became the