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 his social media accounts,

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 Ranger, Bubba Thompson is joining the University of South Alabama’s football team as a walk-on Thompson, 27, was an all-state QB back in 2016. He posted this video on FB yesterday: pic.twitter.com/BuXr6ZJDFs

For the fifth time since it opened, Alabama football has lost a linebacker, this time Justin Okoronkwo, to the transfer portal.