FRISCO, Texas -- Last July, Jalen Tolbert never could have imagined his trip to The Star was a precursor to his future with the Dallas Cowboys.
The receiver and some friends were just visiting his buddy, Bubba Thompson, an outfielder in the Texas Rangers farm system, who was playing essentially across the street from the Cowboys’ facility for the Frisco RoughRiders. They stood on the turf field outside Ford Center, watching highlights of quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott play on a loop.
“It was always a goal to be able to play at the highest level, whatever the sport was, football or baseball,” said Thompson, who was Tolbert’s quarterback at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, Alabama, and is now with the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock, Texas.