Batted .322/.454/.733 (76-for-236) with 14 doubles, 27 home runs, 85 RBI, 53 walks and a 1.187 OPS in 61 games with Texas A&M as a junior in 2024…Tied for fifth in the NCAA in RBI...Was named First Team All-America by Perfect Game, NCBWA and ABCA/Rawlings…Also was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Defensive Team...Suffered a broken right ankle sliding into home plate during a Super Regional game on June 8 vs. Oregon…Missed the remainder of the season as the Aggies advanced to the finals of the College World Series before losing to Tennessee...Was named First Team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore in 2023 after hitting .336/.461/.611 (82-for-244) with 14 doubles, 17 homers, 61 RBI and 70 runs scored in 64 games for Stanford...Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year semifinalist in 2022…Hit .294/.361/.596 (72-for-245) with 18 home runs, 57 RBI and 50 runs scored in 62 games with the Cardinal…Also made 15 appearances (three starts) on the mound...Graduated in 2021 from Madison (Miss.) Central High School…Was named Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after leading the team to the state championship...His father, Marcus, and stepfather, Richard Willock, played football at the University of Iowa…His mother, Gretchen, ran track at Iowa…His uncle, Larry, played football at Arizona State.
2025
Batted .270/.360/.444 (121-for-448) with 34 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 68 RBI, 64 runs scored and 14 stolen bases over 121 games with Class A Kannapolis, Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham in his first professional season...Led the organization in doubles and ranked among the leaders in extra-base hits (tied for first, 50), hits (fourth), total bases (fourth, 199), RBI (tied for sixth), slugging percentage (eighth), walks (eighth), homers (tied for eighth) and runs scored (tied for eighth)...Hit .273/.368/.411 (91-for-333) with 12 home runs from the left side of the plate and .261/.336/.539 (30-for-115) with seven homers from the right side...Began the season at Kannapolis…Made his pro debut on April 4 vs. Hickory, going 0-for-4 with a walk and RBI...Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in his second game on April 5 vs. the Crawdads…Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored on April 12 at Lynchburg and homered with four RBI on April 19 vs. Columbia...Was promoted to Winston-Salem on April 28…Reached base three times in his Dash debut on April 29 at Greensboro and went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI the next night at the Bats...Was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the period of May 5-11 after going 10-for-21 (.476) with three home runs, 10 RBI, five runs scored and five multi-hit games...Posted four straight multi-hit efforts to start the week...Recorded his first career multi-homer game and drove in four runs on May 6 vs. Bowling Green and homered with three RBI the following night vs. the Hot Rods...Recorded a career-high four hits on June 8 at Asheville, going 4-for-6 with a double and two RBI...Started in left field and batted second for the American League in the All-Star Futures Game on July 17 at Truist Field in Atlanta, going 0-for-3 with an RBI...Was promoted to Birmingham on July 28…Batted .323/.404/.490 (31-for-96) over 26 games in August…Hit his first home run with the Barons on Aug. 1 at Rocket City...Compiled a career-high 14-game hitting streak from Aug. 10-27, batting .392/.492/.627 (20-for-51) with 12 doubles, eight RBI, nine runs scored and eight walks…Doubled in seven straight games to start the streak...Was placed on the seven-day injured list with a fractured right foot suffered when he was hit by a pitch on Sept. 6 at Chattanooga and missed the rest of the season, including the Barons run to their second straight Southern League title...Returned from his injury to play in 12 games with Glendale in the Arizona Fall League, batting .366/.527/.634 (15-for-41) with six doubles, one triple, one home run, 11 RBI, 12 runs scored and 13 walks…Was named an AFL Rising Star...Ended the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 35 overall prospect in baseball.
2024
Was selected by Boston in the first round (No. 12 overall) of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas A&M University...Did not make his professional debut in 2024 as he continued his recovery from a broken right ankle suffered in the Aggies NCAA Super Regional game on 6/8 vs. Oregon...Was traded by the Red Sox to the White Sox on 12/11/24 with C Kyle Teel, INF Chase Meidroth and RHP Wikelman González in exchange for LHP Garrett Crochet...Acquisition recommended by Tyler Witt and Ryan Dorsey...Was rated by MLB.com as the No. 5 prospect in the Red Sox organization and No. 54 in baseball at the time of the trade...Was signed by Red Sox scout Lee Bryant.
