Throughout his high school and college years, Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley was steadily building toward a career as a professional pitcher in Major League Baseball.  He recently told Access Hollywood, “I played all through college. It was a blast. I learned a lot about life, a lot about sports, about teamwork, about being a leader, and it kinda set me up for what we do. I pitched all through college. I played redshirt my freshman year at Florida State, transferred to Daytona State College after two years there. Then ended up at Belmont, that’s where Tyler and I met.”

Once Brian connected with Tyler and they realized there was something to the music they made together, he decided to shift his focus from the pitcher’s mound to writing and performing songs.  While he doesn’t regret his decision, Brian admits there is one thing he wish he could have done in his baseball career that he never quite achieved.  He says, “I threw like, you know, mid-to-high 80s. I had a good change up. I was a leftie, so I didn’t have to throw as hard. It would’ve been nice if I’d have thrown about 97 to 98. I always wanted to, but I could never figure it out.”

Brian may not have figured out his fast pitch, but he and Tyler have definitely figured out music, with their latest single, “May We All,” currently sitting in the top 15 on the charts and continuing to climb.

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Florida Georgia Line – Brian baseball  :27 (audio courtesy of Access Hollywood)

“You know, I played all through college. It was a blast. I learned a lot about life, a lot about sports, about teamwork, about being a leader, and it kinda set me up for what we do. I pitched all through college. I played redshirt my freshman year at Florida State, transferred to Daytona State College after two years there. Then ended up at Belmont, that’s where Tyler and I met. I threw like, you know, mid-to-high 80s. I had a good change up. I was a leftie, so I’d have to throw as hard. It would’ve been nice if I’d have thrown about 97 to 98. I always wanted to, but I could never figure it out.”