Tim Tebow washed up? Try finding ticket to his NC games this weekend

Tim Tebow and the Columbia Fireflies will be at Hickory’s L.P. Frans Stadium for a four-game series starting today, playing the Hickory Crawdads.

The first three of the Hickory games – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – are sold out.

A Web site for the Hickory Crawdads says tickets are available for the Sunday game, which starts at 3 p.m. Most of what’s left are single seats.

Tebow, a Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback, joined Columbia’s team the first week in April. They are the Mets’ Class A franchise.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports Tebow, 29, is batting .246 with two homers, nine RBIs and 16 strikeouts through 18 games. He homered in his first at-bat of the season.

Tebow never played a college football or NFL game in North Carolina, says the Journal. His only game as a quarterback against the Carolina Panthers was a 2012 preseason meeting in New York, it was reported. He was then a member of the Jets.

Those who miss their chance to see Tebow this week have a second shot when the Fireflies play in Kannapolis July 22-25.

This story was originally published April 27, 2017 at 2:24 PM with the headline "Tim Tebow washed up? Try finding ticket to his NC games this weekend."