Perfect Game College Baseball Preseason All-Americans

SEC

OF - Jud Fabian, Florida

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One of the top position players in the sport, Fabian is a true superstar at the college level who’s in store for a monster 2021 campaign. Fabian enrolled early to play in 2019 where he started as an 18-year-old freshman in the SEC, then he put together impressive performances on the Cape and in the abbreviated 2020 season. The power was beginning to show up in a big way with five home runs in just four weeks and adding power to an already impressive profile when you look at his speed and center field defense makes for a complete prospect.

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OF - Christian Franklin, Arkansas

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Franklin has the potential to be one of the best bats in the SEC and was off to a torrid start to the 2021 season before the cancellation. He’s an excellent athlete who impacts the ball extremely hard on a consistent basis. He’ll play center field and offers tremendous peripheral tools in terms of speed and power potential that give him the potential to be one of the best hitters in the country. Franklin is a game-changing type of prospect who should be in store for a very big season.

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DH - TJ Collett, Kentucky

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Double digit home run hitters in the SEC don’t grow on trees and Collett has 25 big flies to his name in a little over two full years playing. Collett returns for his fourth year in Lexington and should be a fixture right in the middle of Kentucky’s lineup with the potential to go deep on any swing that he takes. He’s a first base/designated hitter type of slugger whose value is going to be derived from his bat. Collett takes big hacks from the left side of the dish with the potential to go deep to any part of the ballpark and should be in store for another 10+ home run year.

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SP - Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt

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Possibly the most famous college prospect in terms of notoriety, Rocker’s story is well-known as he bypassed the MLB Draft in favor of suiting up for Tim Corbin and the Commodores. He’s the current favorite to go 1:1 in July’s draft and there’s good reason for it. Rocker’s a massive and physical righthanded pitcher who routinely works into the upper-90s and is one of the sports most accomplished pitchers. He pounds the zone and has a power slider, along with a changeup, that give him numerous ways to attack a lineup. There’s not much more to say other than to buckle up as Rocker’s season could be one of the better from a statistical standpoint in recent memory.

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SP - Connor Prielipp, Alabama

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The No. 1 prospect for the 2022 draft, Prielipp broke out in a massive way during the 2020 season where he made four starts and didn’t allow a single earned run while striking out 35 batters over 21 innings with just six walks. He’s got true Friday night ace-level stuff with a physical build and an easy mid-90s fastball. Prielipp dominated hitters in a way freshmen don’t normally do and he’s got a banger of a breaking ball with elite spin rates and biting break to it. He’s likely to give up at least one run this season, but he’ll be leading a talented and hungry Alabama team that could break out in 2021. Look for Prielipp to have a big season as the Crimson Tide have their dude on Fridays who can compete against any other starter in the league.

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SP - Doug Nikhazy, Ole Miss

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Another bona fide Friday night SEC arm, Nikhazy will not only lead a talented Rebels team but forms one of the best pitching duos in the country along with teammate Gunnar Hoglund. He had tremendous success as a true freshman starting out right away in the weekend rotation before looking like a true ace in the shortened 2020 season. Nikhazy won’t blow you away with his size nor his stuff, he’s 5-foot-10 and has a fastball that sits right around the low-90s, but he knows how to pitch and his fastball has excellent spin metrics along with his bread-and-butter plus curveball. Nikhazy has been one of the more reliable arms in the SEC over the last two seasons and it won’t be surprising to see him be uber-consistent once more for the Rebels during the 2021 spring.

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RP - Jaden Hill, LSU

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All signs point toward Hill making the jump to the starting rotation next spring, and although he doesn’t have many innings logged during his career he may have the best stuff in the class. Hill is a super physical, electric-armed right-hander who has been up to 99 mph in terms of velocity to go along with a plus slider and, potentially, a plus-plus changeup. He’s got electric arm speed and due to the low mileage the ceiling is incredibly high for Hill. He’s always excelled at both avoiding hits and missing bats as he’s sure to rack up the strikeout numbers along with avoiding contact. He’s due for a significant breakout and how well he pitches will likely determine his draft stock next spring.

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2nd Team - SEC
2B - Max Ferguson, Tennessee
SP - Tommy Mace, Florida

3rd Team - SEC
SS - Ryan Bliss, Auburn
SP - Jack Leiter, Vanderbilt
SP - Christian MacLeod, Mississippi State
SP - Hunter Barco, Florida
RP - Ryan Webb, Georgia