Infielder who played sparingly in 2024 and saw limited action in 2025 ... started nearly half of Clemson’s games in 2026 ... three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... a career .200 hitter with a .282 slugging percentage and .341 on-base percentage in 52 games (30 starts) over three active seasons ... had six doubles, a homer, nine RBIs, 17 runs, 21 walks and three hit-by-pitches.
2026: Strength & conditioning All-American by NSCA ... hit .215 with 13 runs, five doubles, a homer, nine RBIs, a .301 slugging percentage, .333 on-base percentage, 15 walks and two hit-by-pitches in 33 games (25 starts, including 12 at second base, 12 at third base and one as the DH) ... tied for the team lead in games off the bench (8) ... went 2-for-3 with his first career homer, a double, four RBIs, two runs and a walk against Michigan State at Greenville, S.C. on March 4 ... went 1-for-2 with a double, two RBIs, a run and walk in the first game of a doubleheader against La Salle on March 7 ... went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run against La Salle on March 8 ... had two runs and three walks against No. 3 Georgia Tech on March 14 ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI and walk against Miami (Fla.) on March 26.
2025: ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... hit .125 with four runs, a double, .391 on-base percentage, six walks and a hit-by-pitch in 18 games (five starts, including three at second base, one at third base and one as the DH) ... hit a pinch-hit single against Ole Miss at Arlington, Texas on Feb. 16; was his first career hit.
2024: ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... was 0-for-1 in one game.
2023: ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... redshirted ... No. 142 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game ... played for Asheboro in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he hit .282 with two doubles, a triple, homer, 14 RBIs, 25 runs and five steals in 20 games.
Before Clemson: No. 202 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game ... No. 22 player and No. 8 shortstop in South Carolina by Perfect Game ... all-state and all-region selection ... region MVP ... member of the district championship team ... starting quarterback as a senior ... lettered four times in baseball and one time in football at T.L. Hanna High School, where he was coached by Daniel Crenshaw.
Personal: His great grandfather, Bill, played football at Clemson from 1932-34 and is a member of the Clemson Hall of Fame ... graduated May 9, 2025 with a degree in sports communication in only three years ... born Jason Kenneth Dillard on May 10, 2004 in Anderson, S.C.