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Jacob Nesbit Season 2020-21

PosINF
Wt180 lbs
Ht6-0
YrR-Jr.
HometownCoppell, Texas
B/TR/R
Redshirt Junior (2021)
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Played in 43 games with 19 starts (16 at third base, two at second base, one at shortstop), slashing .205/.341/.288 (15-for-73) with two home runs and 14 RBI on the year ... Scored 12 runs while drawing 13 walks and two hit-by-pitches ... Had three-multi hit games and four multi-RBI games during the year ... Recorded a season-long four-game hitting streak ... Season-long reached base streak of four consecutive games ... Posted a .933 fielding percentage, committing three errors in 45 chances ... Swatted a three-run homer, his first dinger of the season, against Murray State (March 7) ... Drove in a season-best five runs on two hits, including a grand slam, against Memphis (March 23), in the Hogs' 14-1 win ... Made his first and only start at shortstop against UAPB (April 14), collecting two RBI and two runs scored ... Entered as a pinch runner against NJIT (June 4) in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional before taking over at third base and driving in two runs on a single ... Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021 … Helped Arkansas set a school record in fielding percentage with a .980 mark for the year.

Redshirt Sophomore (2020)
Started all 16 games of the 2020 season, 15 at third base and one at second … Put together a .259/.397/.348 line at the plate over 58 at-bats … Recorded 15 hits, six for extra bases, with five doubles and a homer … Brought in nine runs and scored eight of his own, picking up eight free passes via four walks, while getting hit-by-a-pitch a team-high four times … Produced five hits in the opening series against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 14-16), with a hit in all three games, including a 3-for-5 performance in the middle contest on Feb. 15 … Posted a double, two RBIs and a run scored in each of the last two games against the Panthers, finishing the opening weekend of the season with a .417 clip at the plate … Tallied a hit in each of the first five games, finishing with two knocks, a walk, an RBI and a run scored against Gonzaga (Feb. 20-23) … Racked up four hits in Houston at the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Feb. 28-March 1), three for extra bases with two doubles and a home run ... Named to the All-Tournament team by the media covering the Shriners College Classic … Went 2-for-3 vs. Oklahoma, hitting his first home run of the year in the fifth inning on a 3-2 count to give the Hogs a 3-2 lead … Threw down a double in each of the next three games, carrying it to Arkansas’ first midweek game of the year against Illinois State on March 3, driving in a run in the process … Had two hits against South Alabama (March 6-8), driving in one run and scoring twice … Recorded an RBI single against Grand Canyon on March 10, also had a walk and a HBP in the second game against GCU the next day … Part of an offense that finished with a .310 average at the plate with 175 hits and 118 runs scored in 2020.

Redshirt Freshman (2019)
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Played in 64 games, starting 61 at third base and hit .255 with 54 hits, 10 doubles, three home runs and 42 RBIs ... Also walked 26 times and stole seven bases, one of six Razorbacks to steal seven or more during the season ... Only made four errors at third base for a .964 fielding percentage, one in non-conference play ... Hit .217 in SEC play, including five doubles, all three of his home runs and 23 RBIs ... Finished the season with 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... Had a team-best 15-game hit streak from March 6-26 where he hit .412 with four extra-base hits (3 doubles, 1 home run) and 15 RBIs ... It was the longest hit streak by a Razorback since Tyler Spoon had a hit in 16-straight games back in 2015 and tied for the second-longest in the SEC in 2019 ... Also stole three bases during that stretch ... Reached base in a team-best 24-straight games to start the year (Feb. 16-March 30) ... Named the SEC Freshman of the Week after helping the Razorbacks split a two-game midweek series at No. 9 Texas and a road series win at Alabama where he went 8-for-19 (.421) and completing his 15-game hit streak ... Turned in a career-high six RBIs against No. 18 Tennessee (4/26), part of a 3-for-3 game with a run scored, one double and one home run.

Freshman (2018)
Redshirt season.

High School
Played for head coach Kendall Clark at Coppell HS ... Ranked No. 31 overall in the state of Texas by Perfect Game and the No. 4 shortstop … Batted .294 with 21 RBI, 15 runs, four doubles and one home run as a junior … Went .354 at the plate as a sophomore with 26 stolen bases … Also added seven doubles, four triples and 15 RBI in 2015 … Named UIL All-District 7-6A Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore … Third Team Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American as a junior.

Birthday
June 2, 1998
Jacob Nesbit

R-So.
2019-20

INF
6-0 / 180 lbs
Jacob Nesbit

R-Fr.
2018-19

INF
6-0 / 175 lbs
Jacob Nesbit

Fr
2017-18

INF
6-0 / 174 lbs