The possible future Mets third baseman was under center, and the future No. 1 Jets receiver was out wide.

A preteen Brett Baty dropped back, maybe 15 yards from the end zone, and looked for his default pass-catcher — the one he would find whenever he needed a completion. Baty watched his top target run a dig, and threw over the middle, an overthrow that was headed into the arms of a defensive back.

“The safety caught it up in the air, had it for a second,” Baty remembered, “and then Garrett just went up and snatched it out of his hands.”

Garrett Wilson, Baty was learning, could do everything on a football field. Including racking up steals, previously a stat that belonged on the basketball court.