Bubba Thompson Storm Chasers

MLB 1st-round draft pick to take shot at college football

Bubba Thompson Ditches Baseball for Football—Is He Chasing a Bigger Payday or Just Playing the Game?

The fans, thinkers, and the serious lovers would think, “What's going to happen next?” Bubba Thompson, the first pick overall of the Texas Rangers, was moving onward to another team that represented all those bygone years in the baseball field—until recently as his new home and the South Alabama football team.

Fox News · 3d

MLB 1st-round draft pick to take shot at college football with South Alabama

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 ...

Sports Illustrated · 4d

Former MLB Player Bubba Thompson to Join College Football Program As Walk-on

Bubba Thompson played 109 games for the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds over the last three seasons. Now, the 26-year-old is switching sports, and will follow in the footsteps of players like ...

CBSSports.com · 4d

Bubba Thompson, former MLB outfielder, joins South Alabama football team as walk-on

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 ...

Yardbarker3d

Cincinnati Reds' Bubba Thompson Joining South Alabama Football Team As Walk-On

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Bubba Thompson has enrolled at the University of South Alabama and will join the Jaguars’ football team as a walk-on. The 26-year-old Thompson was a 2017 first-round ...

Sports Illustrated4d

Former Texas Rangers Top Draft Pick Makes Shocking Decision to Play College Football at 26

In an interesting move, former major league outfielder Bubba Thompson is heading back to school.... to play college football. According to AL.com, Thompson is set to play quarterback at South ...

MLB Rumors4d

Bubba Thompson To Join South Alabama Football Team

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.

Dallas Morning News4d

Former Texas Rangers first-round pick Bubba Thompson to try his hand in college football

Texas Rangers center fielder Bubba Thompson makes a diving catch on a line drive off the bat of Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman C.J. Chatham during the eighth inning of a spring training game ...

Sportskeeda4d

"More money?" - Fans react to Rangers' 1st round draft pick Bubba Thompson joining South Alabama football team

Former Texas Rangers’ first-round pick Bubba ... Thompson played in 92 games for the Rangers between 2022-2023, appearing in 17 games for the Cincinnati Reds last year. The news has set off a ...

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