Jordan McFarland - Baseball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#8 Jordan McFarland

INF/OF | Jr. | 6-3 | 220 | R/R | Waterloo, Ill. | Waterloo HS

As a Sophomore (2018)
Appeared in 45 games with 29 starts, primarily at first base … Hit .299 with 35 hits, three doubles, three home runs and 15 RBIs … Also walked 13 times and tallied a .402 slugging percentage with a .379 on-base percentage … Made only three errors in 221 chances for a .986 fielding percentage … Played in 26 SEC games and had a .277 batting average against league opponents, nearly 40 points higher than his freshman year … Had nine multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … Had a 10-game hitting streak from March 9 vs. Kent State to March 24 at Florida, hitting 14-for-29 (.483) during that span with four straight multi-hit games and two games with four or more RBIs … Set career-highs with five RBIs and two home runs, including a grand slam against Kent State (March 11) after coming in to pinch hit in the seventh inning … Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs the next game (vs. Texas – March 13) and tacked on two more RBIs in the next two games (vs. Texas – March 14; vs. Kentucky – March 16) to finish with 11 RBIs over a 14 at-bat span … Notched a career-high three hits in a 3-for-4 game against Alabama (April 29), all singles.

As a Freshman (2017)
Appeared in 29 games with 19 starts, primarily at first base … Hit .271 with two home runs and 10 RBIs … Also walked nine times and scored 14 runs … His 21 strikeouts were lowest among Razorbacks with 50 or more at-bats … Finished the season with seven multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Made just two errors in 119 chances for a .983 fielding percentage … Totaled 21 at-bats in SEC play and generated a .238 batting average … Made first collegiate start vs. Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 18) … Notched three multi-hit games in his first six appearances with four runs scored and four RBIs over that span … Hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning at Louisiana Tech (March 1) to help the Hogs complete a nine-run comeback, part of a 2-for-5 day with three RBIs … Had a career-high three hits at Missouri State (April 11) to go with two runs scored.

Waterloo High School
A top 100 recruit and the No. 10 outfielder in the nation according to Perfect Game … The fourth best player overall and No. 1 outfielder in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game … No. 66 overall player and No. 7 outfielder nationally according to Prep Baseball Report … 2015 Perfect Game Underclassman Third-Team All-American … 2015 third team all-state selection … Played junior season at Gibault Catholic and hit .442 with six doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 42 RBIs … 2014 Perfect Game Underclassmen high honorable mention All-America selection … Hit .437 with 10 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 41 RBIs as a sophomore at Gibault Catholic … Played summer ball for the St. Louis Pirates … Coached by Mark Vogel at Waterloo High School.

Personal
Son of David and Valerie McFarland … Has one brother, Brendan … Majoring in sport management.