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Russell Wilson talks contract, baseball on 'Kimmel' (Videos)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson made an appearance “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday night. Predictably, his contract situation was a point of discussion early on in the interview.

Wilson is in the final year of his rookie contract despite leading Seattle to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, and Kimmel asked him if he wants to be the league’s highest-paid player. Wilson made sure to say all the right things.

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“I just want to be paid based off my play. It will all work out in the end. We’ll figure it out,” Wilson said.

Wilson is scheduled to be paid $1.5 million in 2015.

Wilson is also an accomplished baseball player and played parts of two seasons of minor league ball in the Colorado Rockies organization after being selected in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB draft.

Wilson obviously decided to pursue football instead, but told Kimmel he would be interested in playing baseball professionally as well. The Texas Rangers currently hold his rights, but if he ends up under the control of the Seattle Mariners, he would “definitely consider” going out for both sports.

Wilson appeared at Rangers’ spring training the past two years and showed he hasn’t lost his power stroke.

Unfortunately for him, Robinson Cano seems to have second base locked down for the time being in Seattle.

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