#21  Jay Dillard

Career Stats

Infielder who played sparingly in his second year in the program in 2024 and saw limited action in 2025 … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … a career .118 hitter with a .375 on-base percentage in 19 games (five starts) over two active seasons … has a double, four runs, six walks and a hit-by-pitch.

2025: 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.