#9  Jacob Jarrell

Career Stats

Catcher who split time behind the plate with Cooper Ingle in 2023 … split time at catcher with Jimmy Obertop in 2024 … one of the strongest players and hardest workers on the team … a career .247 hitter with a .465 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage in 63 games (53 starts) over two seasons … has 10 doubles, 11 homers, 42 RBIs, 36 runs, 24 walks, six hit-by-pitches and a steal.

2024: Team co-captain … hit .289 with 21 runs, five doubles, six homers, 24 RBIs, a .526 slugging percentage, .388 on-base percentage, 13 walks and four hit-by-pitches in 28 games (26 starts, including 17 at catcher and nine as the DH) … only allowed four steals … had 14 two-out RBIs … hit .359 with five homers, 14 RBIs, a .795 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage in 10 games away from home … hit .435 with a homer, three doubles, eight RBIs, seven runs, a .696 slugging percentage and .517 on-base percentage in seven non-ACC regular-season games … hit .400 with three doubles, a homer, eight RBIs and seven runs in nine night games … hit .441 with four doubles, four homers, 15 RBIs, 10 runs, a .912 slugging percentage and .512 on-base percentage when batting in the No. 9 spot … suffered a facial injury on Feb. 20 that sidelined him for four weeks … went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs, two runs and two walks against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on April 2 … went 2-for-6 with a homer and four RBIs at Notre Dame on April 7 … hit a homer against USC Upstate on April 9 … went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs at Louisville on April 27 … went 3-for-4 with a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning, a run and walk at Charlotte on May 7 … went 2-for-4 with a homer at No. 12 Wake Forest on May 11 … went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two walks against Boston College on May 18 … went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, two runs, a walk and steal against Miami (Fla.) in the ACC Tournament on May 23 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, double, four RBIs and a walkoff walk against Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 24; his three-run homer in the eighth inning tied the score … hit a two-run homer against Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 24 … went 1-for-4 with a homer and two walks against No. 13 Florida in the Clemson Super Regional on June 9 … No. 35 ACC prospect for the 2025 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.

2023: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .208 with 15 runs, five doubles, five homers, 18 RBIs, a .406 slugging percentage, .296 on-base percentage, 11 walks, two hit-by-pitches and a steal in 35 games (27 starts, including 26 at catcher and one as the DH) … tied for ninth in the ACC in sacrifice bunts (4) … tied for the team lead in sacrifice bunts … went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and walk against Binghamton on Feb. 17; was his first career game … hit a two-run homer against Charlotte on Feb. 21 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs, three runs and a walk in the second game of a doubleheader against Duke on March 18 … hit a pinch-hit, two-run single against No. 2 Wake Forest on April 1 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs against Kennesaw State on April 25 … went 1-for-4 with a grand slam and walk at No. 8 Coastal Carolina on May 10 … No. 180 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for North Shore in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, when he hit .260 with four doubles, three triples, four homers, 17 RBIs and a steal in 22 games.

Before Clemson: No. 224 catcher in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 34 player and No. 5 catcher in South Carolina by Perfect Game … conference all-star as a senior … lettered four times in baseball at P27 Academy, where he was coached by Corey Warner.

Personal: His mother, Melissa, played softball at North Carolina and was the UNCW softball head coach (2002-08) … pronounced JAYR-ull … majoring in pre-business … born Jacob William Jarrell on Oct. 27, 2002 in Wilmington, N.C.