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TylerBell

  • position INF
  • height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Frankfort, Ill.
BIO

• No. 31 freshman on campus (Perfect Game, 2024)
• No. 16 freshman SEC prospect (Perfect Game, 2024)
• 2nd round draft pick, No. 66 overall (Tampa Bay Rays, 2024)

 

HIGH SCHOOL
One of the nation’s most highly regarded prep players in the 2024 class…Prep Baseball ranked him the nation’s No. 13 overall recruit and the No. 2 player in Illinois…Perfect Game ranked him No. 59 overall, No. 2 in Illinois and the nation’s No. 15 shortstop…2023 WWBA World Championship…2023 Area Code Games and AC Games All-Tournament Team…2022 Midwest Top Prospect Games…2024 MLB Draft Combine…2023 PBR All-America Game…Perfect Game’s No. 31 freshman nationally to arrive on campus in the 2024 class…PG’s No. 16 freshman recruit in the SEC…Super 60 participant…2024 Perfect Game Preseason All-American…2022 and 2023 Preseason Perfect Game Underclass All-American…drafted No. 66 overall (2nd Round) in the 2024 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays…Played for Eric Brauer at Lincoln-Way East, the same school that produced former UK Gold Glover shortstop Ryan Ritter…Also played hockey.

PERSONAL
Full name is Tyler Jacob Bell…Born in Bloomington, Illinois…Son of Shane and Sara…Has two sisters, Kailey and Alyssa…Dad also played college baseball…Major is Communications.

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