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Tyler Causey

  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Fort Mill, S.C.
  • High school Nation Ford HS
  • Previous School North Carolina
  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Fort Mill, S.C.
  • High school Nation Ford HS
  • Previous School North Carolina

Tyler Causey Bio

AWARDS

  • First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024)

SENIOR (2024)

  • Played in 31 games with 23 starts for the Gamecocks in 2024
  • Hit .250 with 21 runs scored, four doubles, a triple, four home runs and 21 RBI
  • Had a .402 on-base and .464 slugging percentage
  • Walked 19 times and was hit by three pitches
  • Was 2-for-3 with five RBI, a double and a home run in a win over Longwood (March 10)
  • Drove in four runs, scored three, had a double and a home run in the win over Winthrop (Feb. 20)
  • Homered and scored a pair of runs in a win over Vanderbilt (March 23)
  • Doubled and scored two runs in a win over Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 17)
  • Had a triple in a win over Georgia State (March 12)
  • Belted a two-run home run in a win at Ole Miss (March 17)
  • Had two hits and walked twice in a win over The Citadel (March 5)

PRIOR TO CAROLINA

  • Attended the University of North Carolina for four years, where he played in 26 games as a redshirt freshman in 2021
  • Did not play baseball in 2023
  • Played in five games in 2022, where he had a hit and an RBI on March 19 at Duke
  • Hit .250 with two home runs and six RBI in 2021, posting an on-base percentage of .396
  • Homered against James Madison on Opening Day of 2021
  • Played in 10 games in the Covid-shortened 2020 season, driving in six runs and homering against North Carolina A&T on Feb. 25.
  • Attended Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, S.C., where he was ranked the No. 53 shortstop in the country in his class by Perfect Game
  • All-State (2019)
  • Region Player of the Year (2019)
  • Selected in the 37th round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Miami Marlins
  • Was the No. 3 overall prospect in the state of South Carolina by Perfect Game
  • Hit .459 his senior season with eight doubles and four home runs
  • Named to the North/South Select All-Star team.

PERSONAL

  • Born on April 5, 2001
  • Son of Greg and Kelly Causey
  • Pursuing a Master’s degree in coaching education