MLB Outfielder Retires To Play College Football At 26 Years Old [Video]

Bubba Thompson is officially calling it a career after seven years of Major League Baseball with the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds. He will instead play college football at South Alabama as a 26-year-old walk-on quarterback.

Jaguars head coach Major Applewhite confirmed the unusual addition to his roster after a video surfaced on social media earlier this week.

Thompson, who will turn 27 in June, was drafted No. 26 overall in the 2017 MLB Draft out of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, Ala. Although he decided to pursue a professional career in baseball, he also received multiple offers to play football in college.

The 6-foot-2, 197-pound quarterback was rated as a three-star prospect in the college football recruiting Class of 2017. Thompson threw for 3,173 yards and 38 touchdowns as a senior and led the Yellow Jackets to the Class 7A state championship game alongside NFL wide receiver Jalen Tolbert.