Evan Thompson started the week with the worst news he had ever heard regarding his football career. By Saturday, the worst week of his athletic life became the best.
Thompson, one of the members of the now-defunct Florida Tech football program will finally get to live out his dream of playing for a Football Bowl Subdivision college when he committed to FAU and new head coach Willie Taggart on Friday night.
“I committed to FAU last night and I’m going to go play for Coach Leavitt [defensive coordinator] and Coach Taggart,” said Thompson, a third-team NCAA Division II All-American linebacker as a junior last season.