2021 Fifth-Round MLB Draft Pick (136th overall, Boston Red Sox)
2021 Newcomer All-SEC Team
2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
2020 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
Career:
- Drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 136th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2021 MLB Draft
- Posted a career-slash line of .316/.436/.539 across 269 at-bats, totaling 75 games played including 73 starts
- Across his two-year career, totaled 85 hits, 13 home runs, two triples, 17 doubles, 57 RBI, 52 runs, 52 walks and two stolen bases with a .989 fielding percentage
2021 (Freshman*):
- 2021 Newcomer All-SEC Team
- 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team (third base)
- Tabbed as the No. 81 player in D1Baseball’s Top 2021 MLB Draft College Prospects list
- Listed at No. 129 in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 150 players list
- Ranked seventh in the SEC in walks (42), ninth in OBP (.435) and 14th in putouts (390)
- One of two players to play in and start all 60 games for the Gators, suiting up at catcher (40 games), first base (four), third base (five) and designated hitter (12)
- Led the team in batting average and on-base percentage by slashing .317/.435/.522 across 224 at bats
- Totaled nine home runs, two triples, 15 doubles, a team-high 50 RBI, 40 runs, 42 walks and one stolen base
- Set career high with four hits by going 4-for-4 with two doubles vs. Missouri on April 16
- Drove in a career-high six runs vs. Samford on Feb. 27, going 2-for-4 with one home run, one triple and three runs scored
- Scored a career-high three runs against both Samford on Feb. 27 and No. 8 Mississippi State on May 26
- Led all third basemen with a .429 batting average and .643 slugging percentage at the 2021 SEC Tournament
- Tied for the team high with 23 multi-hit games while pacing the Gators with 16 multi-RBI performances
- Enjoyed a career-high 21-game on-base streak from March 28 to May 4
- Recorded three game-winning RBI over the course of the season
- Finished with a .986 fielding percentage across 422 defensive chances (most on team)
2020 (Freshman):
- Made 15 appearances and 13 starts (eight at catcher, five as designated hitter)
- Batted .311 (14-for-45) and hit four home runs, both of which ranked second on the team
- Led the team with a .622 slugging percentage
- Hit home runs in four consecutive games (March 4-8), becoming the first Gators hitter since Wil Dalton (2018) to homer in four straight games
- Recorded four multi-hit games and a pair of multi-RBI games
- Scored two runs in three different games (Marshall, Feb 14; Marshall, Feb 16; South Florida, March 7)
- Had a season-high three hits against South Florida (March 6)
- Hit the go-ahead and eventual game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning in UF's 2-1 win over South Florida (March 8)
PROVIDENCE SCHOOL:
- 2019 HS First Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
- Third Team Senior Preseason All-America (Perfect Game)
- Florida Region All-High School Senior First Team (Perfect Game)
- 2019 Florida Times-Union All-First Coast team
- Selected to play in the 2019 FACA All-Star Classic at Tigertown in Lakeland
- As a senior, led the First Coast area with 14 home runs and had 40 RBI with a .384 batting average
| Year |
Avg |
GP |
GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
SLG% |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
GDP |
OB% |
SF |
SH |
SB |
ATT |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
| 2020 |
.311 |
15 |
13 |
45 |
12 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
28 |
.622 |
10 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
.439 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
95 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2021 |
.317 |
60 |
60 |
224 |
40 |
71 |
15 |
2 |
9 |
50 |
117 |
.522 |
42 |
8 |
40 |
4 |
.435 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
390 |
26 |
6 |
.986 |
| TOTAL |
.316 |
75 |
73 |
269 |
52 |
85 |
17 |
2 |
9 |
57 |
145 |
.539 |
52 |
9 |
55 |
4 |
.436 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
485 |
31 |
6 |
.989 |
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, 3 times
Doubles: 2, Missouri, April 16, 2021
Home Runs: 1, 13 times
Total Bases: 7, Samford, Feb. 27, 2021; Jacksonville, March 12, 2021
RBI: 6, Samford, Feb. 27, 2021
Runs Scored: 3, Samford, Feb. 27, 2021; No. 8 Mississippi State, May 26, 2021
Walks: 4, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021
Hit by Pitch: 2, Kentucky, May 25, 2021
Struck out: 3, 3 times
Sacrifice Flies: 1, 5 times
At bats: 6, at Jacksonville, April 20, 2021; at Kentucky, May 8, 2021
Stolen bases: 1, South Florida, March 8, 2020; at Auburn, April 25, 2021
Assists: 3, 3 times
Putouts: 16, Georgia, May 14, 2021
