Bubba Thompson, the Texas Rangers' first overall draft pick of 2017, surprises many by transitioning to play football for the ...

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

“Thompson, who will turn 27 in June, was an all-state quarterback at Mobile’s McGill-Toolen Catholic School in 2016, but has spent the last eight seasons playing professional baseball.

Thompson has enrolled at South Alabama and will join their football team as a walk-on, Creg Stephenson of AL.com reports. Thompson was an all-state quarterback in Alabama before being taken by the ...

Bubba Thompson, who was a first-round MLB draft ... He then committed to the University of Alabama to play baseball. However, he never enrolled in the college. Instead, he was drafted by the ...

(WKRG) — Mobile-native and former first round MLB draft pick Bubba Thompson is set to ... Texas Rangers in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. Thompson’s professional baseball career spanned ...

Bubba Thompson played 109 games for the Texas Rangers ... but understandable opted to pursue baseball as a top draft pick. Thompson had 241 career at-bats, hitting .232 with a career OPS of ...

Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is enrolling at the University ... Thompson has not officially announced his retirement from baseball, though he posted a social media video of himself ...

Texas Rangers center fielder Bubba Thompson makes a diving ... as he was unquestionably one of the fastest players in baseball. Thankfully for Thompson, you don’t have to hit the fastball ...

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 ...

Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is trying his hand at a different ... the 26-year-old has spent the last eight years playing professional baseball, and was a first-round pick of the Texas ...

Bubba Thompson has enrolled at South Alabama and ... but has spent the last eight seasons playing professional baseball. He was a first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2017, and played parts ...