Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is enrolling at the University of South Alabama, AL.com’s Creg Stephenson reports. Stephenson writes that he is joining the Jaguars football team as a reserve player.

Thompson has not officially announced his retirement from baseball, although he did post a social media video of himself throwing a football at the South Alabama facility with the caption, “We support you all!” Thompson, a Mobile native, was a quarterback in high school. (Stephenson says he was a teammate of future South Alabama receiver Jalen Tolbert, who spent the last three years with the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.) He passed on a baseball commitment to the University of Alabama as a first-rounder to sign with the Rangers pick in 2017. The talented outfielder received a signing bonus of just over $2 million.

The right-hitting Thompson was praised by scouts for his athleticism and bat speed. The longstanding question was whether he would make enough contact to be more than a fourth or fifth outfielder. Thompson never really managed to do that. He played in 32% of his 259 MLB plate appearances over the last three years. He made a name for himself in the league last winter off waivers. The Reds managed to cut him from the 40-man squad in May. Thompson hit .232/.264/.289 with a 28.5% strikeout rate in 57 Double-A games. At the end of the season, he became eligible for minor league free agency.

If Thompson moves away from baseball completely, he will finish with a slash line of .232/.273/.295 in 109 games between Texas and Cincinnati. He was an asset on the bases, stealing 27 bags in 32 attempts.