2023 Baseball Roster

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36 Wyatt Langford

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Trenton, Fla.
  • High School Trenton

Biography

2023 First Round MLB Draft Pick (Fourth Overall, Texas Rangers)
2023 Unanimous First Team All-American (ABCA, BA, D1B, NCBWA, PG)
2023 College World Series All-Tournament Team
2023 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
2023 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2023 ABCA First Team Southeast All-Region

2023 First Team All-SEC
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023 SEC Player of the Week (March 6)
2023 Unanimous Preseason All-American
2022 1x  First Team All-American (D1Baseball)
2022 4x Second Team All-American (Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game, ABCA/Rawlings)
2022 Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region

2022 USA Collegiate National Team Member
2022 USA Today First Team All-SEC
2022 Second Team All-SEC
2022 SEC All-Tournament Team
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Career:
  • Holds status as the second-highest Gators player to be taken in the MLB Draft (behind Mike Zunino) after going fourth overall to the Texas Rangers in 2023
  • Set Florida’s career slugging percentage record at .746, topping Brad Wilkerson’s 25-year record (.714) by a whopping .32 points
  • Finished career ranking top-ten all-time at Florida in the following categories: fielding percentage (T-second), batting average (fifth), home runs (T-sixth) and on-base percentage (seventh)
  • One of three players in program history with consecutive 20-homer campaigns (2022-23)
  • Slashed an unearthly .363/.471/.746 across 496 career at bats while playing in 134 games (130 starts) over three seasons
  • Totaled 47 home runs, six triples, 37 doubles, 156 runs, 120 RBI and 16 steals
  • Drew more walks in his career (92) than strikeouts (89)

2023 (Junior):
  • Named a Unanimous First Team All-American and Unanimous Preseason All-American
  • Also honored as a First Team All-SEC and ABCA First Team All-Region standout in addition to being a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
  • Started 64 games for the Gators in left field, center field and designated hitter
  • Became the third player in program history to eclipse 20-plus homers in consecutive seasons
  • Batted a robust .373/.498/.784 across 236 at bats, ranking second all-time in single-season on-base percentage and seventh in on-base percentage
  • Totaled 88 hits, 21 home runs, three triples, 57 RBI and nine stolen bases
  • Tied the single-season program record with 28 doubles (Mike Zunino)
  • Scored a career-high 83 runs, which ranks fourth all-time in a single season at UF
  • Drew a career-high 56 walks, owning more free passes than strikeouts (44)
  • Went 2-for-4 with one triple, one double, two runs, one RBI and one walk in the opening-day win over Charleston Southern on Feb. 17
  • Picked up three hits (3-for-4) including a home run and double with three runs and two RBI vs. Cincinnati on Feb. 25
  • Collected four hits while going 4-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the victory at Jacksonville on Feb. 28
  • Swatted a pair of homers and one triple (3-for-5) to produce three RBI and three runs in the win over Miami on March 3
  • Homered and doubled to finish 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBI in the series-clinching victory over Miami on March 5
  • Registered three hits en route to a 3-for-4 day with one double, four runs and two RBI against Florida Atlantic on March 7
  • Went 3-for-3 with a home run, double, a career-high five runs scored and one RBI vs. Auburn on April 2
  • Had two hits including a home run (2-for-4) in the series-clinching win at Tennessee on April 7
  • Scored three runs and tallied three hits in a 3-for-5 day against Missouri on April 29
  • Stroked four knocks featuring a homer and two doubles while finishing 4-for-5 vs. Missouri on April 30
  • Drove in four runs one two homers and one double (3-for-4) to power UF to a sweep of Vanderbilt on May 14
  • Recorded his second multi-homer contest in three games, going 2-for-4 with two solo homers at Kentucky on May 19
  • Went 3-for-5 with one home run, one double, two runs and two RBI vs. Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament on May 27
  • Hit a solo homer to help UF defeat Texas Tech on June 5, sending the Gators to Super Regionals
  • Crushed the longest home run (456 feet) in the history of Charles Schwab Field at the College World Series with a game-tying solo blast to tie the game in the ninth inning vs. Virginia on June 16
  • Homered in consecutive contests to close out the season against LSU on June 25 and 26 including his first-career five-hit game (5-for-5) in the former matchup, in which he had three extra-base hits, six RBI and four runs scored
  • Tallied 15 multi-hit games including two with four hits and eight three-hit showings
  • Finished with 16 multi-RBI performances
  • Posted a .991 fielding percentage with four outfield assists across 108 defensive chances, finishing his career with just one error in 233 chances

2022 (Sophomore):
  • Named a First Team All-American by D1Baseball and a Second Team All-American by Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game and ABCA/Rawlings
  • Also voted Second Team All-SEC and to the USA Today All-SEC First Team
  • Started all 66 games in left field for the Gators
  • Tied Matt LaPorta’s single-season program home run record with 26 homers
  • Delivered one of the all-time great seasons at Florida, slashing .355/.447/.719 with an SEC-leading 26 home runs
  • Totaled 91 hits, three triples, nine doubles, 73 runs, 63 RBI, 36 walks and seven stolen bases
  • Paced the Orange & Blue in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, runs, RBI, triples and total bases (184)
  • Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with two outfield assists across 125 defensive chances
  • Went 2-for-4 with his first-career home run on opening day against Liberty on Feb. 18
  • Homered in back-to-back games against Georgia State on Feb. 25 and 26, going 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored in the latter contest
  • Drove in a career-high five runs while going 3-for-4 with one home run, one triple and three runs against Seton Hall in game one of a doubleheader on March 12
  • Went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and double vs. Seton Hall on March 13
  • Homered twice while finishing 3-for-6 with four RBI and three runs at Alabama on March 19
  • Connected for a home run en route to a 3-for-4 day with one double, three runs and two RBI at Alabama on March 20
  • Homered for the fifth time in six games vs. No. 22 LSU on March 25
  • Tallied four RBI while going 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs vs. No. 2 Arkansas on April 9
  • Turned in a 2-for-4 day with one homer, two RBI and two runs scored against Kentucky on April 29
  • Churned out back-to-back three-hit games while scoring a combined six runs vs. South Florida on May 3 and as Mississippi State on May 6, homering in the latter matchup
  • Registered back-to-back two homer games against No. 20 Florida State and South Carolina on May 17 and 19, leading off the first with a homer in both contests
  • Notched his fourth multi-homer game of the season with a pair of long balls vs. Alabama at the SEC Tournament on  May 28, going 2-for-5 with three RBI and three runs
  • Picked up his fifth multi-homer game of the campaign against Central Michigan in the NCAA Gainesville Regional on June 5, finishing 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI
  • Homered in his final at bat of the 2022 season to tie Matt LaPorta’s single-season home run record at Florida (26) set in 2005, finishing 3-for-5 vs. No. 9 Oklahoma on June 6
  • Led the Gators with 29 multi-hit games, 12 three-hit games and 18 multi-RBI performances

2021 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in four games as a true freshman (all as a pinch-hitter)
  • Collected one hit in four at bats for a .250/.250/.250 batting line
  • Recorded an infield single to third base in his first-career at bat for his first-career hit vs. North Florida on Feb. 24

TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL:
  • 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team (Florida)
  • Class of 2020's No. 144 overall prospect (Perfect Game)
  • 2019 Perfect Game National Home Run Derby champion
  • As a junior, finished with a .438 batting average, .584 on-base percentage, and .859 slugging percentage
  • Helped Trenton win the 2017 FHSAA Class 1A State Championship, hitting .391 with eight doubles and 21 RBI as a freshman
  • Six-year varsity starter for Trenton's baseball team
  • A three-sport athlete at Trenton, also playing football and basketball there
  • Won the 2015 FHSAA Class 1A State Championship as an eighth-grader with the football team, which finished with a 14-0 record
  • 2016 FHSAA Class 1A All-State Second Team linebacker as a freshman
AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB PO A E FLD%
2021 .250 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2022 .355 66 66 256 73 91 9 3 26 63 .719 36 8 44 2 .447 2 1 7 123 2 0 1.000
2023 .373 64 64 236 83 88 28 3 21 57 .784 56 7 44 1 .498 4 0 9 103 4 1 .991
Total .363 134 130 496 156 180 37 6 47 120 .746 92 15 89 3 .471 6 1 16 226 6 1 .996

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 5, vs. LSU, June 25, 2023
Doubles: 2, eight times
Home Runs: 2, eight times
Total Bases: 10, three times
RBI: 5, Seton Hall, March 12, 2022
Runs Scored: 5, Auburn, April 2, 2023
Walks: 4, Bethune-Cookman, May 10, 2022
Struck out: 3, five times
Sacrifice Flies: 1, six times
At bats: 6, at Alabama, March 19, 2022
Stolen bases: 2, vs. Texas Tech, June 5, 2023
Assists: 1, four times
Putouts: 7, two times, last at Kentucky, May 18, 2023

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2021Freshman

    C/1B
    6'1" 215 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2022Sophomore

    OF/C
    6'1" 225 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2023Junior

    OF
    6'1" 220 lbs
    36