TORONTO – It seems Drew Henson will stick with baseball, even though the Yankees didn’t deem him good enough to be a September call-up from Triple-A.

But the former Michigan quarterback also left open the possibility he might still bolt for the NFL.

“I’ll take six to eight weeks off, come back, and start to get in shape. Things will work out for me how they are supposed to,” Henson told the Columbus Dispatch in a cryptic interview you could read either way.

If Henson does opt for football, the Yankees likely wouldn’t discourage their struggling Triple-A third baseman from leaving, because he would have to return $12 million of the $17 million contract he signed in 2001 that runs through the 2006 season.

According to an ESPN report yesterday, Henson has decided to quit baseball and take a stab at playing in the NFL, where the Texans hold his rights.

“I don’t know anything about it,” GM Brian Cashman said. “As far as I am concerned, he is a baseball player. We haven’t had any discussions with Drew Henson.”

Henson, 23, hit .234 with 14 homers and 78 RBIs in 133 games for Columbus (Triple-A) where he fanned 122 times, drew just 32 walks and committed 28 errors.