Jayson Jones - Baseball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#13 Jayson Jones

INF/OF | So. | 6-2 | 215 | R/R | Savannah, Texas | Braswell HS

Freshman (2023)
» First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Played in 20 games with 13 starts (four at third base, four as designated hitter, three at first base, one at shortstop, one in left field) as a true freshman … Slashed .196/.403/.370 with two home runs and six RBI … Scored 12 runs … Totaled nine base hits, including a pair of doubles … Drew 14 walks and was hit by two pitches … 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts on the year … Two multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Season-long four-game hitting streak … Season-long four-game reached base streak … Defensively, committed only one error in 25 total chances (.960 fielding percentage) … Made his collegiate debut vs. #15 TCU (Feb. 18) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … Socked his first career home run in his second career at-bat … Earned his first collegiate start at third base vs. #9 Oklahoma State (Feb. 19) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas and drew a season-high three walks … Started as designated hitter against Wright State (March 4) and went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI … Matched his season high in walks (3) against UNLV (March 14) … Tallied his second career multi-hit game in a start against SEMO (March 21), going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI … SEC debut came in the first game of a doubleheader at #1 LSU (March 25) … Drew three walks, matching his season high, and scored a season-high three runs against Little Rock (April 11) … Recorded his fourth three-walk game of the season vs. Lipscomb (May 2) at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, Ark. … Earned his first SEC start in left field at Mississippi State (April 25).

High School
Attended Braswell High School in Aubrey, Texas … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 5 overall prospect and the No. 2 shortstop in the class of 2022 … No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 1 shortstop in the state of Texas by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 9 overall prospect and the No. 2 shortstop in the country … No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 1 shortstop in Texas by Prep Baseball Report … No. 8 on Baseball America’s list of Top 2022 High School MLB Draft Prospects … No. 33 on Perfect Game’s Top 300 2022 MLB Draft Board … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – Texas All-Region First Team … 2021 Perfect Game All-American Classic participant … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – Texas All-Region First Team … 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – Texas All-Region Second Team … 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – Honorable Mention.