Outfielder who came on late in the 2023 season to become the predominant starter in right field … came on late in the 2024 season to become the predominant starter at first base … two-time All-ACC Academic selection … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … a career .286 hitter with a .352 on-base percentage in 74 games (46 starts) over two seasons … has 10 doubles, a triple, 15 RBIs, 26 runs, 15 walks, five hit-by-pitches and seven steals.
2024: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .313 with 16 runs, seven doubles, a triple, 12 RBIs, a .377 on-base percentage, 10 walks, three hit-by-pitches and three steals in 40 games (30 starts, including 21 at first base, four in left field, four in right field and one as the DH) … hit .386 with five doubles, nine RBIs, 10 runs, a .451 on-base percentage and three steals in 27 home games (20 starts) … had 12 multiple-hit games … was 14-for-28 with four doubles and four RBIs against lefthanders … did not commit an error in 193 chances, 177 of which were at first base … hit .412 with a double, two RBIs and two runs in five NCAA Tournament games … Clemson Regional All-Tournament selection by going 6-for-13 (.462) with an RBI and two runs in three games … went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs against Kennesaw State on Feb. 24 … went 2-for-2 with two walks against Manhattan on March 13 … went 3-for-4 with a run and two steals in the second game of a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on April 20 … went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a hit-by-pitch in the first game of a doubleheader against Georgia Tech on May 3 … went 3-for-5 with a run-scoring triple with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the score and three runs at Charlotte on May 7 … went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and a walk against Boston College on May 16.
2023: All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .239 with 10 runs, three doubles, three RBIs, a .284 slugging percentage, .311 on-base percentage, five walks, two hit-by-pitches and four steals in 34 games (16 starts, including 12 in right field, three in left field and one as the DH) … Clemson had a 15-1 record in his 16 starts … hit .289 with a .400 on-base percentage in 22 home games (10 starts) … went 2-for-2 with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning off the bench against No. 22 Louisville on May 5 … went 1-for-2 with a double, run and two walks against No. 22 Louisville on May 6 … went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs, a walk, hit-by-pitch and steal against No. 22 Louisville on May 7; was 5-for-6 (.833) with two doubles, four runs, three walks, a hit-by-pitch and a .900 on-base percentage in the series … went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a steal against No. 19 Boston College in the ACC Tournament on May 26 … top-100 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 36 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 46 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by D1Baseball … top-27 ACC prospect for the 2025 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Traverse City in the Northwoods League in the summer, when he hit .276 with nine doubles, a triple, 14 RBIs, 22 runs and 13 steals in 35 games.
Before Clemson: No. 249 player and No. 14 third baseman in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 7 player and No. 1 third baseman in Michigan by Perfect Game … Michigan All-Star team selection as a senior … first-team all-state as a senior … academic all-state as a senior … member of three state championship and three conference championship teams … lettered four times in baseball and four times in basketball at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Preparatory, where he was coached by Matt Petry.
Personal: His father, Brad, played baseball at College of the Ozarks … his mother, Courtney, played basketball at Oakland … majoring in accounting … born Jack James Crighton on Sept. 5, 2003 in Troy, Mich.