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Jersey Number 21
Colby Holcombe
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 250
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Florence, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Central HS / Northeast Mississippi CC
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Picked by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 277th overall pick in the 9th Round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 12 games, making one start … Punched out 28, walked 12 in 21.2 innings on the season … Finished with a 10.38 ERA and a 1-1 record … Recorded a strikeout in 11 of the 12 games he appeared in … Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts against New Orleans on March 13 … His 28 punchouts were the eighth most on the Diamond Dawgs.
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Air Force (2/17): Picked up an inning of relief work … Struck out one and did not allow a hit. Austin Peay (2/21): Struck out a pair through 2.1 innings pitched. Jackson State (2/27): Made first start of the season … Punched out two in 1.1 innings. New Orleans (3/13): Punched out a season-high seven through four innings of work, season-high outing … Did not allow a hit or run in the outing. Memphis (3/19): Struck out four Tigers in 3.2 innings … Did not allow a walk. Samford (3/26): Struck out one in 1.1 innings. Central Arkansas (4/2): In two innings of work struck out three. Alcorn State (4/16): Allowed a single hit and punched out three in a single inning. Memphis (4/23): Allowed two hits and surrendered a walk in 2/3 of an inning of work. North Alabama (5/14): Did not surrender a walk and struck out three in two innings of work.
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 18 games with three starts … In 36.0 innings of work, he recorded a 8.25 ERA … Struck out 49 batters, the third most on the team … Held opponents to a .228 batting average … Posted an record of 2-2 on the season … Pitched the sixth most innings on the team.
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ULM (2/22): Threw a strikeout while shutting out the Warhawks for an inning. Ohio State (3/3): Struck out five while only allowing one hit in two innings of work. Louisiana (3/15): Allowed three hits but struck out five batters in four innings. Vanderbilt (3/26): In three innings of work, allowed three hits while striking out three. South Carolina (3/30): Struck out a season-high eight batters in four innings. Alabama (4/6): Struck out seven while allowing two hits and three walks in three innings of work. Auburn (4/22): Gave up two hits and struck out five against the Tigers.
2022 (Freshman Season – Northeast Mississippi CC)
Season: Named 2021 NJCAA First Team All-American... Named Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Pitcher of the Year… Played one year under head coach Rich Harrelson at Northeast Mississippi CC…Appeared in 12 games for the Tigers, compiling a 7-3 record with four complete games…Struck out 115 batters in 65.2 innings of work, earning a 2.60 ERA… Holds the Northeast Mississippi CC Record for most strikeouts in a single season (115), fourth most in the nation… Had seven games with 10 or more strikeouts
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High School
Lettered four years under head coach Josh Fowler at Central High School…Was named First Team All-Region pitcher in 2021, posting a 1.20 ERA in 62 innings of work…Named Team MVP all four years.
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Personal
Born Colby Keith Holcombe in Florence, Alabama on Dec. 12, 2002…Son of Jimmy and Kim Holcombe…Has one sister, Emily.
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