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

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?

Deion Sanders' legendary multi-sport legacy continues to inspire as 27-year-old former pro baseball player Bubba Thompson ...

The Texas Rangers' first-round pick back in 2017 is now switching sports from baseball to college football at the age of 27.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bubba Thompson has enrolled at South Alabama and has joined the Jaguars football team as a walk-on, AL.com has learned. Thompson, who will turn 27 in June, was an all-state quarterback at Mobile ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.