As for Metcalf's other sporting endeavors this offseason, Metcalf offered that his goal is: "Just to be one of the greatest humans to walk this planet earth. God says the same, so I'm just taking it day by day and honing on as many different skills as I can."
Metcalf wasn't quite the greatest 100-meter runner when he took on some of the country's best sprinters at USA Track & Field's Golden Games last month, but his time of 10.36 seconds was good enough to earn him a lot of praise, particularly seeing as the 235-pound receiver was carrying considerably more weight than his opponents. But despite an impressive performance with limited training, Metcalf came away from that experience realizing there is a difference between elite track speed and elite football speed.
"Those are some fast human beings," he said. "They are very fast and very good at what they do, and I'm going to stick to football for right now.
"Track athletes, they prepare their whole lives for events like that. It was a very great experience just to be out there with those kinds of athletes and test my speed against them. They are not talked about amongst the sports world, and I think they should be just because of how they train and their mindset. Just going out and warming up against them is very different from football; they're all locked in and very focused on their technique. So that's what I loved about the track athletes."
While Metcalf didn't have near the experience of the athletes he was competing against on the track, he did at least have some background in the sport having been a state-champion sprinter in high school. But when it comes to the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game, he'll be taking on a sport he never really played beyond tee-ball as a young child. Metcalf did say he'll get some practice in between now and next month's All-Star weekend, and he certainly not trying to lower expectations.
"If I had a player to compare myself to, I would say Hank Aaron," he said. "The late Hank Aaron, kind of subtle, but very good at his craft. We'll see when I step in the batter's box during the game."
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