MLB Draft
2017 – Tampa Bay Rays, 16th round (No. 469 overall)
Redshirt Junior (2021)
» SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 23)
Made 17 appearances with 10 starts for the Razorbacks … Went 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in a career-high 44.0 innings pitched … Logged one save … Struck out 44 batters, allowing 26 runs (22 earned) on 38 hits and 24 walks … Limited opposing hitters to a .238 batting average … Made season debut against No. 9 Texas (Feb. 21) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out seven in four hitless innings of relief to earn his first career save and nab SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week honors … Fanned a career-high nine batters in a season-long five innings of one-run ball against UAPB (April 13) … Started against No. 9 Florida (May 21), striking out seven in four innings … Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a school record with 657 strikeouts in 2021.
Redshirt Sophomore (2020)
Started two games and made two appearances in relief in 2020 … Put together a 1.12 ERA and a 1-0 record in his first year back from injury … Tossed 16.0 innings, allowing just two runs on 14 hits and three walks … Lowest ERA by a Razorback who started at least one game … Racked up 15 strikeouts, third most on the team … One of seven Hogs with 10 or more strikeouts in 2020 … Appeared as the first reliever in Saturday’s game against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 15), making his first outing on the mound since returning from injury that sidelined him for the entire 2019 season … Tossed three scoreless frames, allowing three hits, no runs or walks, while striking out three … Made his first start since April 17, 2018, against Gonzaga (Feb. 23), throwing three scoreless frames in Arkansas’ 9-5 win … Did not allow a run, giving up five hits with one strikeout in 12 batters faced … Posted 4.0 innings in relief against Texas (Feb. 29), allowing just two runners in 14 batters faced while striking out five … Picked up his first win of the year after going a season-high 6.0 innings against South Alabama (March 7), allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with a season-high six strikeouts … Part of a pitching staff that finished with a 3.68 ERA and 143 strikeouts over 142.0 innings of work.
Sophomore (2019)
Redshirt season … Did not appear in any games due to Tommy John surgery.
Freshman (2018)
Made 10 appearances with four starts … Compiled a 4.40 ERA with a 3-0 record … One of five freshmen to make at least one start during the season … Made his first collegiate appearance against Bucknell (Feb. 18), throwing three scoreless innings and two hits allowed … In his first career start, threw six scoreless innings against Dayton (Feb. 28), scattering seven hits while striking out a season-high six and picking up his first win … Also earned the victory after three innings of scoreless relief against Texas (March 14) with one hit allowed and three strikeouts … Matched his season-high strikeout total with six against Grambling State (April 10) over five innings … Went a season-long seven innings against ULM (April 4) without giving up a run and striking out five on 94 pitches.
High School
Lost only two games in three seasons at Pleasant Grove High School … Recorded a 0.91 ERA as a senior, one year after recording a 0.43 ERA as a junior … The No. 53 right-handed pitcher in Texas, No. 174 overall according to Perfect Game … Led Pleasant Grove to the Texas Class 4A state semifinals in 2016 and 2017 … Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior with a combined record of 26-2 … During his senior year, he went 14-2 with a 1.17 ERA, 150 strikeouts, and 20 walks in 95.1 innings … Held opponents to a .152 batting average in 2017 … Unanimous selection as District 14-4A Player of the Year … Played for Riley Fincher at Pleasant Grove High School.
Birthday
Dec. 19, 1998
