With the start of his senior football season for the Beavers only months away, wide receiver Hunter Jarmon was expected to be a steadily-relied upon piece within Oregon State’s offense. Instead, Jarmon will be nowhere in the mix, as he’s decided to forgo his final year of college football eligibility to sign a professional baseball contract with the San Diego Padres. Jarmon made the news public via a post on his Twitter account.
The news came as a stunning surprise to most of those in Beaver Nation, since Jarmon hasn’t pursued much of a baseball career at all since playing sparingly for Oregon State’s baseball team over the course of a four-game span during the 2014 season.