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 | Class:
Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Texarkana, Texas
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| High School:
Liberty Eylau HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 210
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| Position:
OF
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| Experience:
1-VL
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| Bats/Throws:
R/R
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Will battle for playing time in the outfield after joining the team in January following his football obligations ... One of the most athletic members of the team ... Has outstanding running, throwing and power abilities.
2003 (Sophomore): Platooned in left field for most of the season ... Started mostly against lefthanded pitching ... Tied for sixth in the Big 12 Conference in triples in league games only ... Hit better than .300 in nine games played against top 25 competition ... Scored a run after reaching base on an error in the first game of the doubleheader against Sam Houston State (2/22) ... Recorded his first hit and RBI of the year in a pinch hitting appearance against Southern Illinois (3/12) ... Collected a hit, scored a run and stole a base at Arizona State (3/16) ... Batted .429 during the Texas A&M series (4/4-6) ... Two of his hits against the Aggies went for extra bases ... Did not travel with the team to Austin for the Texas series (4/11-13) due to football commitments with the team's annual spring game ... Started the final two games of the Kansas series (4/18-20) ... Tripled home two runs in a pinch hitting appearance in the series opener ... Went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored two runs in the second game ... Recorded a hit and a run scored in each of his starts against OSU (4/25-27) ... Collected a hit in each of the final two games of the Texas Tech series (5/2-4).
2002 (Freshman): Started in center field in 15 of the regular season's last 20 games ... Also a talented wide receiver and punt returner for Oklahoma's nationally-ranked football team ... Had seven catches and two touchdown grabs in Red/White game on April 20 ... Hit a towering home run against Oral Roberts, his second of the season, the night before ... Was a weapon on special teams for the football team in 2001 ... Had seven punts returns for 150 yards (21.4 avg.), including a team-long 56-yarder against Tulsa (11/3) ... Also caught two passes for 21 yards.
High School: Played three seasons at Liberty Eylau High School for head coach Rick Fowler ... Played shortstop, centerfield and pitched during his prep career ... Batted .397 with seven home runs on his way to All-State honors in his senior year ... Was an outstanding wide receiver as well ... Won two consecutive Class 3A Offensive Player-of-the-Year awards in football ... Tallied 89 receptions for 2,121 yards and 27 touchdowns during his career.
Personal: Full name is Brandon Cornell Jones ... Born on Oct. 6, 1982, in Texarkana, Texas ... Mother is Barnette Jones ... Has a younger brother ... Was selected in the 28th round of the 2001 draft by the New York Yankees ... Majoring in sociology.
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