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Jersey Number 3
Kyle Jones
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- North Oconee (Stetson)
2026 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2024 NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American
2024 NCAA Gold Glove Finalist
2024 ASUN Freshman of the Year
2024 Freshman All-ASUN
2024 Third Team All-ASUN
2024 NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team
2026 (Redshirt Sophomore):
2025 (Sophomore):
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
NORTH OCONEE HS:
PERSONAL:
UF SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 2, two times, last vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Doubles: 1, vs. Air Force, February 14, 2025
Home Runs: N/A
Total Bases: 3, vs. Air Force, February 14, 2025
RBI: 1, two times, last at Stetson, February 25, 2025
Runs Scored: 2, vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Walks: 1, vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Struck out: N/A
Sacrifice Flies: N/A
At bats: 5, at Stetson, February 25, 2025
Stolen bases: N/A
Assists: N/A
Putouts: 3, at Stetson, February 25, 2025
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2024 NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American
2024 NCAA Gold Glove Finalist
2024 ASUN Freshman of the Year
2024 Freshman All-ASUN
2024 Third Team All-ASUN
2024 NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team
2026 (Redshirt Sophomore):
- Started 58 games while making 56 of his 57 starts in center field
- Batted .317/.418/.478 across 224 at bats (second most on team)
- Tied for the team high in batting average and sacrifice flies (six) while pacing Florida in doubles (16), stolen bases (17) and multi-hit games (22)
- Swatted a career-high six homers on top of 71 hits, 58 runs, 46 RBI, 33 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches
- Also racked up 14 multi-RBI efforts, which tied for third on the team
- Reached base 42 times in 111 plate appearances leading off innings for a .382 on-base percentage
- Produced a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage over 113 defensive chances highlighted by one outfield assist
- Opened the season with four-straight multi-hit games while going 9-for-17 with one homer, five doubles, seven RBI and six runs scored
- Had three hits in each of the first two games of the series sweep over Kennesaw State from Feb. 20-22, scoring three runs apiece in games two and three
- Knocked two doubles and two RBI in a 2-for-5 game in the victory at Miami on Feb. 28
- Went 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored in the win over High Point on March 8
- Finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two stolen bases against Ole Miss on April 2
- Set a career high in hits with a 5-for-5 performance in his hometown of Athens in the series-clinching win at Georgia on April 12, reaching base in all six of his plate appearances with one homer, three runs, two RBI and one hit-by-pitch
- Clubbed one homer and one double in a 2-for-4 night with two runs scored in the victory at Oklahoma on May 3
- Homered, drove in two runs and went 2-for-4 in the NCAA Tournament win over Rider on May 29
- Named to the Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team after going 7-for-14 with nine RBI and five runs scored
2025 (Sophomore):
- Made four starts in center field in his first year in Orange & Blue before being sidelined with season-ending shoulder surgery (granted medical hardship waiver)
- Went 5-for-16 for a .313/.353/.375 slash line across 16 at bats
- Tallied one double, three runs, two RBI and one walk
- Picked up hits in each of his first three games as a Gator, featuring multiple knocks in his first two contests
- Was 2-for-4 with one double and one run in his UF debut vs. Air Force on Feb. 14
- Drove in his first run and scored twice in a 2-for-4 showing against Dayton on Feb. 23
- Fielded to a perfect 1.000 clip across six chances in center field (all putouts)
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- Started 62 games at Stetson in center field while primarily batting leadoff as a true freshman
- Named a 2024 NCBWA Second Team Freshman All-American
- 2024 NCAA Gold Glove Finalist, ASUN Freshman of the Year, Freshman All-ASUN and All-Conference Third Team
- Slashed .355/.459/.476 with five homers, 32 RBI, 53 runs and 23 stolen bases in 248 at bats
- Led the team in hits (88), doubles (15) and runs scored (53)
- Reached base in 34-consecutive games while also recording an eight-game hitting streak
- Earned a spot on the NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team by going 5-for-12 with two home runs
NORTH OCONEE HS:
- Three-year letterman under Head Coach Jay Lasley
- Helped the Titans to a 73-6 record and back-to-back state titles in his junior and senior seasons
- Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 73 player and No. 13 outfielder in Georgia while being ranked as the No. 163 outfielder nationally
PERSONAL:
- Son of John and Erin Jones
- Majoring in sport management at the University of Florida
- Born on February 2, 2005
UF SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 2, two times, last vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Doubles: 1, vs. Air Force, February 14, 2025
Home Runs: N/A
Total Bases: 3, vs. Air Force, February 14, 2025
RBI: 1, two times, last at Stetson, February 25, 2025
Runs Scored: 2, vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Walks: 1, vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Struck out: N/A
Sacrifice Flies: N/A
At bats: 5, at Stetson, February 25, 2025
Stolen bases: N/A
Assists: N/A
Putouts: 3, at Stetson, February 25, 2025
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