Maybe he can Hack it in baseball

Former Jets backup quarterback Christian Hackenberg is taking the same route as another failed ex-Jet QB: an attempted baseball career.

Hackenberg told NBC Philadelphia that he's been working on his pitching with Ryan Kulik, the baseball coach at Rutgers-Camden. Kulik said that Hackenberg has hit 92 mph with his fastball, but is consistently at 90.

“I kind of have had my trials and tribulations with the NFL and had success and had that roller coaster ride. At the end of the day, I'm sitting here, I'm 25,” Hackenberg said. I feel like I've got a lot left in the tank.”

The Jets drafted Hackenberg in the second round in 2016; he never threw a regular-season pass in two years with the team. In 2018, they traded him to the Raiders.

The Raiders, Eagles and Bengals cut Hackenberg that year.

“I have too much respect for the game of baseball,” Hackenberg said Saturday. “I know how hard it is to hit a baseball, but I have the arm talent.”

SOCCER PREZ SORRY FOR ANTHEM REQUIREMENT

U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone apologized Saturday for the federation's lack of leadership in the fight against racism as she addressed its decision to repeal a policy that required players to stand during the national anthem.

The federation's board of directors voted earlier this week to repeal the rule, adopted in 2017 after national team player Megan Rapinoe kneeled during the anthem in support of Colin Kaepernick.

“We are committed to doing better to help fight racism and discrimination in all its forms,” Parlow Cone said. “Repealing Policy 604-1 was just the first step.”

Policy 604-1 states: “All persons representing a Federation national team shall stand respectfully during the playing of national anthems at any event in which the Federation is represented.”