Former Clemson basketball player Rod Hall will be playing college football this season, but it will not be at Clemson.

Hall told The Clemson Insider on Wednesday he will play his college football at Northern Iowa, where he will be a wide receiver for the Panthers. He is expected to compete for the starting job.

Last year, the Panthers went 9-5 and advanced to the third-round of the FCS Playoffs. They compete in the same conference as National Champion North Dakota State.

“From everything I heard, the team is supposed to have a pretty good year this year,” Hall said.

Hall, who averaged 9.2 points per game and shot 40 percent last season for the Tigers, visited Northern Iowa on Monday where he met head football coach Mark Farley and assistant coach Brandon Lynch. He said the school was really nice and he likes where the Panthers play – a dome.

“That dome is pretty nice,” Hall said.

Hall will be a graduate student at Northern Iowa where, according to NCAA rules, will allow him the opportunity to play this season in his only year of eligibility.

Questions about Hall’s athletic career came to light just a week prior to the 2015 NFL Draft on April 30, when a pro scout somehow came upon his old high school film in Augusta. Hall had not played football since his senior year of high school when he caught 13 touchdowns for more than 1,200 yards at Laney High School, where he earned All-State and All-Region honors.

On April 23, Hall worked out for six NFL teams—the Bills, Browns, Chiefs, Panthers, Saints and Ravens— at Clemson Football’s Indoor Practice Facility. That earned him two private workouts with the Ravens and Saints in May.

During his workout in Clemson, Hall ran a 4.55 40-yard dash and that came without any training.

The Ravens wanted to sign the former Clemson point guard, but they advised him it was better for him to return to school and play a year of college football where he can possibly make himself a draftable player in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Hall told TCI he had been in talks with SMU, who is coached by former Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris. However that relationship came to a close as Hall said, “I feel like they were giving me the run around.”

He also visited Charleston Southern a few weeks back, but he did not come away from the visit to fond of the program.

Hall will be back at Northern Iowa by Aug. 3 when the Panthers begin fall practice for the upcoming season.