Selected by the Tigers in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Biloxi HS (Miss.) (signing scout: Mike Smith).
2023
Earned Tigers Minor League Player of the Year honors in 2023 after hitting .306/.380/.552 with 38 doubles, three triples, 27 home runs and 101 RBI in 126 games between Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo... Tabbed Tigers Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America...named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Among all full season Minor Leaguers, he ranked third with 68 extra-base hits, fifth with 280 total bases, tied for eighth with 101 RBI and 10th with 155 hits... Earned Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending April 23 after slashing .542/.593/.875 with one triple, two home runs and four RBI in six games... Hit for the cycle on May 16 at Harrisburg, going 6x6 with a double, a triple, two home runs and seven RBI...won MiLB’s Single Game Performance of the Year... Picked up his second Eastern League weekly honor for the week ending May 21 after going batting .520/.600/1.160 with two doubles, one triple, four home runs and 10 RBI in six games... Selected Eastern League Player of the Month and Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for May, hitting .374/.437/.670 with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 27 RBI in 22 games... Was promoted to Toledo on June 26...from his promotion to the Mud Hens through the end of the season, he ranked third in the International League with 34 extra-base hits and 136 total bases, while he was fourth with 20 doubles and fifth with 75 hits and 51 RBI... Played in 24 games with Toledo in August, slashing .327/.387/.673 with 11 doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 25 RBI... Ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the Tigers organization and the No. 28 prospect in baseball by Baseball America.
2022
Was one of the best hitters in the Midwest League in 2022 before suffering a season-ending injury in June... Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Reached base in all five plate appearances on April 22 at Dayton, going 4x4 with a double, four RBI and a walk... Earned Midwest League Player of the Week honors for the week ending May 8, going 11-for-27 with three doubles, a home run and four RBI... Had a 15-game hitting streak from April 26-May 12, batting .390/.448/.661 with seven doubles, three home runs and nine RBI... Launched a pair of solo homers and went 4x5 with four runs scored, a double and two RBI on June 2 at Lake County... Placed on the injured list on June 10 with a right shoulder subluxation and missed the rest of the season... Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .344/.463/.541 with three doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI...was selected to play in the AFL’s Rising Stars Game... Ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.