Former MLB first-round pick Bubba Thompson is leaving the diamond to try out college football at the age of 26.

Bubba Thompson, who was a first-round MLB draft pick in 2017, will trade in his glove for a helmet and some shoulder pads as he’s set to join the South Alabama Jaguars football team. He will ...

Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is trying his hand at a different sport. According to AL.com, Thompson has joined the South Alabama football team as a walk-on. In a video Thompson posted on ...

Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is enrolling at the University of South Alabama, reports Creg Stephenson of AL.com. He is joining the Jaguars football team as a walk-on, Stephenson writes.

Former Major League outfielder Bubba Thompson traded his bats for pads, walking on as a quarterback for the South Alabama Jaguars. Will he be the next great multi-sport story, or even see the field?

Bubba Thompson played 109 games for the Texas Rangers ... before becoming a first-round MLB draft pick by the Rangers. He was also a star quarterback, earning all-state honors in Alabama in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile-native and former first round MLB draft pick Bubba Thompson is set to play football at South Alabama. Thompson, a 2017 graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic ...

Bubba Thompson, the Texas Rangers' first overall ... Thompson entered the Texas Rangers through the 2017 MLB Draft. The boy from McGill-Toolen Catholic High School of Mobile, Alabama, was the ...

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Bubba Thompson (12) drops a fly ball hit by Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Miguel Sanó (22) in the first inning of the MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and ...