2020 Baseball Roster

Randon Jernigan
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Randon Jernigan
Photo by: Chamberlain Smith
Randon Jernigan
Photo by: Tony Walsh
Cole Wilcox and Randon Jernigan
Georgia baseball player Randon Jernigan (4) poses for a portrait in Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, Aug., 16, 2018. (Photo by Kristin M. Bradshaw)
Jersey Number 4

Randon Jernigan

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Brunswick, Ga.
  • High School:
    Glynn Academy
  • Shop:
    R/R
2022 (Senior): Appeared in 15 games with no starts on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Batted .286 (2-for-7) with seven runs scored, one double and one RBI
*Went 1-for-1 with a double and two runs scored in a win over Akron and 1-for-1 with two runs scored in a victory over USC-Upstate
*Posted a perfect 1.000 FLDG% in four total chances
*Spent a portion of season working out with the football team during spring practice
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Junior): Appeared in 29 games with 12 starts (8-LF, 4-CF) for the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Batted .213 (10-for-47) with one triple and six RBI
*Posted a career-high six-game hitting streak during the season
*Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and started a double play with a running catch and throw in left field at #7 Florida
*Tallied perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 24 total chances
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2020 (Sophomore): Helped team go 14-4 and finish ranked as high as No. 2 (USA TODAY Sports Top 25) in the national polls
*Appeared in 10 games with one start in centerfield and fielded a perfect 1.000 in 10 total chances
*Batted .273 (3-for-11) with two runs scored, two walks and two stolen bases
*Pinch-ran and scored the winning run in 7-6 walk-off of Richmond on Opening Day
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
2019 (Freshman): Played in 54 games with 36 starts (30-LF, 6-CF) and fielded .986 with just one error in 72 total chances
*Batted .248 with three doubles, one home run and 12 RBI plus went 11-for-14 in stolen base attempts
*Sensational defense all season and twice made ESPN SportsCenter for highlight plays against LSU and Florida State 
*Went 2-for-2 with a double and RBI in his first two collegiate at bats coming in a win over Dayton
*Posted a career-high 4-for-6 performance in a win over Jacksonville State and hit first career home run at Auburn
*Went 3-for-6 with two RBI and two stolen bases in series win over No. 5 Vanderbilt
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
*Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll

High School: A graduate of Glynn Academy where he played for Trent Mongero
*A two-sport standout in baseball and football as a four-year letterman, spending freshman season at Brunswick and final three years at Glynn Academy
*Batted .453 with 38 runs scored, 18 RBI, eight doubles and 41 stolen bases as the Terrors went 24-7
*Earned All-State, All-Region and Glynn Offensive Player-of-the-Year honors in both sports throughout prep career
*Batted a team-best .444 with one home run, 28 RBI, 36 runs scored and 32 stolen bases in 33 games as a junior
*Helped the Terrors go 24-10, claim a region title and advance to the sweet 16 of the 2017 playoffs
*Served as starting quarterback as a freshman and senior, played running back, slot back and receiver as a sophomore and junior
*Combined to rush and pass for 2,198 yards and 17 touchdowns as a freshman at Brunswick to earn Offensive Player of the Year honors, accounted for 1,031 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns as a junior wideout playing with eventual Miami (Fla.) signee Deejay Dallas at quarterback, led to team semifinals of the Class 6A state playoffs in 2018
*Received multiple scholarship offers to play football, recruited as an “athlete” with elite speed, ran a 6.32 60-yard dash at a MLB/USA Baseball Prospect Development Pipeline event in Atlanta
*Member of the Principal Honor Roll all four years
*Summer baseball action with the Chain National squad and they won the BCS title and reached the finals of the WWBA Championships
 
Personal: Born Oct. 29, 1999
*Son of Christa and Randy Jernigan
*Major: Sport Management
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