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

Bubba Thompson, who was a first-round MLB draught prime successful 2017, volition commercialized successful his mitt for a helmet and immoderate enarthrosis pads arsenic he’s acceptable to articulation the South Alabama Jaguars shot team.

He volition articulation the squad arsenic a walk-on for outpouring practices, South Alabama caput manager Major Applewhite told AL.com. He posted a video connected his Facebook leafage of himself throwing a shot astatine the school’s shot facility.

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"We backmost y’all," helium captioned the clip.

Thompson, 26, has acquisition connected the gridiron. He played shot portion attending McGill-Toolen Catholic High School successful Alabama, starring the schoolhouse to a authorities rubric crippled successful 2017.

He past committed to the University of Alabama to play baseball. However, helium ne'er enrolled successful the college. Instead, helium was drafted by the Texas Rangers successful 2017 with their No. 26 wide prime and decided to prosecute a Major League career.

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Thompson didn’t look arsenic a superstar. He was a speedster connected the basepaths, signaling 18 stolen bags successful 55 games successful 2022. He was with the Rangers successful 2023, playing successful 37 games. He past joined the Cincinnati Reds past twelvemonth and appeared successful 17 games.

Because helium ne'er enrolled successful college, helium has 5 years of eligibility. Rivals rated him arsenic a two-star backmost coming retired of school.

South Alabama was 7-6 past play successful Applewhite’s archetypal year. They ended the twelvemonth with a triumph successful the Salute to Veterans Bowl.

Gio Lopez and Bishop Davenport played backmost for the Jaguars past season.

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