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Baseball (2008): Enrolled at Clemson in January following high school graduation in December of 2007...emerged as one of the best freshmen in the ACC and country...successfully juggled playing baseball as a freshman when he should still have been a senior in high school along with the rigors of spring football practice...wore jersey #25...first-team freshman All-American by Baseball America and freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...First-Team All-ACC pick; he was one of only two freshmen to earn first-team honors...batted .303 with 44 runs scored, 12 doubles, 14 homers, 50 RBIs, a .400 on-base percentage, and two steals in 57 games (55 starts, including a team-high 29 as the DH, 16 in right field, nine at third base, and one at first base); he also saw action at second base...led the team in home runs and was second in RBIs, slugging percentage (.559), and walks (32)...batted .336 with six doubles, 10 homers, 34 RBIs, and a .441 on-base percentage in 29 ACC regular-season starts...tied for second in the ACC in homers, was second in RBIs, and was fifth in slugging percentage (.673) in ACC regular-season games...named ACC Player-of-the-Week for his performances in five games from April 22-27; he went 6-for-16 (.375) with six runs scored, two doubles, three homers, 12 RBIs, and six walks to lead Clemson to a 5-0 record...went 5-for-5 with three homers, one double, 15 total bases, five runs scored, and seven RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9; his three-run homer in the ninth inning tied the score and helped the Tigers to a 12-11 comeback win from an 11-4 deficit; he became the 12th Tiger in history to hit three home runs in a game...went 3-for-4 with two homers, a double, two runs scored, and five RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 26; his three-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Tigers the lead for good...had a streak of nine straight games with an RBI in May.
Before Clemson: #34 prospect in the nation according to ESPN.com...#4 quarterback in the nation by ESPN.com...#62 prospect in Florida and #10 pro-style quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com...#13 quarterback in the nation by Scout.com...#39 prospect in Florida by SuperPrep...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game; he threw the game-winning touchdown pass...totaled over 2,500 passing yards and 15 touchdowns along with over 1,000 rushing yards as a senior...high school teammate of fellow Tiger signee Xavier Brewer...coached by Darrell Sutherland...recruited by Dabo Swinney...chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, and Nebraska...born Sept. 30, 1989.
