Where Top Unsigned HS Players Are Headed For College

The draft signing deadline passed last Friday without much drama, as the players who intended to sign by and large had done so well before Friday.

Now that the deadline has passed, it is easier to see where the top unsigned prep players are headed for school this fall. Below is a chart of all the high school players who ranked in the BA 500 who did not sign pro contracts, sorted by their college commitment.

California prep righthander Jared Horn, who was No. 32 on the BA 500, was the highest-ranked player not to sign. He was picked in the 20th round by the Brewers, but will instead uphold his commitment to California. Horn throws his fastball up to 96 mph, mixing in a promising changeup and curveball.

Florida prep infielder Drew Mendoza was the only other player ranked in the top 50 who didn’t sign. He will instead head to Florida State.

Mississippi leads all schools with seven players from the BA 500 in its incoming freshman class. North Carolina brings in six and Florida and Louisiana State have five each.

Overall, 127 high school players in the BA 500 did not sign pro contracts, nine more than each of the past two years. Of those players, 41 are committed to schools in the Southeastern Conference, accounting for 32.5 percent of the unsigned BA 500 recruits. Pac-12 Conference schools will take in 25 unsigned BA 500 recruits, and the Atlantic Coast Conference will get 20.

Rank	Name, Pos	Commitment
114	Nick Quintana, ss	Arizona
480	Cameron Cannon, ss	Arizona
96	Hunter Bishop , of	Arizona State
316	Jordan Roberts, lhp	Arizona State
447	Zane Strand, rhp	Arizona State
456	Carter Aldrete, ss	Arizona State
209	Dominic Fletcher, of	Arkansas
374	Jordan McFarland, of	Arkansas
408	Brenden Heiss, rhp	Arkansas
453	Lucas Krull, lhp	Arkansas
109	Davis Daniel, rhp	Auburn
398	Matt Gill, rhp	Boston College
489	Ryan Ward, ss/of	Bryant
230	David Clawson, c	Brigham Young
32	Jared Horn, rhp	California
376	Zack Smith, c	Charlotte
458	Edmond Americaan, of	Chipola (Fla.) JC
131	Logan Davidson, ss	Clemson
273	Mitchell Miller, lhp	Clemson
342	Chris Winkel, 1b	Connecticut
173	Ray Gaither, rhp	Dallas Baptist
81	Adam Laskey, lhp	Duke
271	Graeme Stinson, lhp	Duke
213	Trey Benton, rhp	East Carolina
225	Spencer Brickhouse, 1b	East Carolina
250	Bryant Packard, 1b/3b	East Carolina
379	George Kirby, rhp	Elon
185	Keenan Bell, of	Florida
215	Andrew Baker, lhp/of	Florida
300	Austin Langworthy, of	Florida
340	Tyler Dyson, rhp	Florida
377	Nate Brown, rhp	Florida
413	Austin James, ss	Florida International
43	Drew Mendoza, 3b	Florida State
142	J.C. Flowers, of/rhp	Florida State
272	Will Proctor, ss	Georgia
407	Anthony Locey, rhp	Georgia
357	Mark Potter, rhp	Jacksonville
149	Ryan Zeferjahn, rhp	Kansas
308	Zack Thompson, rhp	Kentucky
323	Christoper Machamer, rhp/3b	Kentucky
364	T.J. Collett, c	Kentucky
150	Todd Peterson, rhp	Louisiana State
167	Zack Hess, rhp	Louisiana State
293	Josh Smith, ss	Louisiana State
306	Zach Watson, ss/of	Louisiana State
385	Will Reese, rhp	Louisiana State
353	Todd Lott, of	Louisiana-Lafayette
187	Tyler Fitzgerald, ss	Louisville
200	Mike Amditis, c	Miami
304	Greg Veliz, rhp/3b	Miami
455	Mason Studstill, rhp	Miami
330	Karl Kauffmann, rhp	Michigan
76	Cooper Johnson, c	Mississippi
110	Ryan Rolison, lhp	Mississippi
135	Will Ethridge, rhp	Mississippi
147	Thomas Dillard, c	Mississippi
192	Grae Kessinger, ss	Mississippi
438	Korey Bell, rhp	Mississippi
443	Greer Holston, rhp	Mississippi
175	Graham Ashcraft, rhp	Mississippi State
484	Reed Smith, ss	Mississippi State
396	Paul Tillotson, rhp	Nebraska
344	Otis Statum, of	Nevada
91	Tyler Baum, rhp	North Carolina
165	Austin Bergner, rhp	North Carolina
174	Luca Dalatri, rhp	North Carolina
179	Robbie Peto, rhp	North Carolina
183	Bo Weiss, rhp	North Carolina
208	Brandon Martorano, c	North Carolina
111	Brad Debo, c	North Carolina State
237	Dalton Feeney, rhp	North Carolina State
307	Jonathan Heasley, rhp	Oklahoma State
365	Cade Cabbiness, of	Oklahoma State
219	Kenyon Yovan, rhp	Oregon
429	Morgan McCullough, ss	Oregon
217	Grant Gambrell, rhp	Oregon State
241	Adley Rutschman, rhp/c	Oregon State
441	Mitchell Verburg, rhp	Oregon State
424	Simon Landry, 3b	Pearl River (Miss.) JC
365	Dan Hammer, rhp	Pittsburgh
305	Chris Murphy, lhp	San Diego
348	Miles Sandum, lhp	San Diego
177	Avery Tuck, of	San Diego State
463	Herbert Iser, c/1b	San Jacinto (Texas) JC
343	Andrew Nnebe, of	Santa Clara
128	Carlos Cortes, 2b/of	South Carolina
180	Rian Haire, lhp	South Carolina
435	Joey Polak, 1b	South Carolina
389	D.J. Roberts, rhp	South Florida
226	Blake Sabol, c	Southern California
68	Jeff Belge, lhp	St. John’s
384	Gavin Hollowell, rhp	St. John’s
144	Erik Miller, lhp	Stanford
182	Daniel Bakst, 3b	Stanford
280	Jack Little, rhp	Stanford
490	Andrew Daschbach, 3b	Stanford
388	Jaren Shelby, of	State JC of Florida
78	Nick Lodolo, lhp	Texas Christian
126	Charles King, rhp	Texas Christian
346	Trey Morris, rhp	Texas Christian
107	Zach Linginfelter, rhp	Tennessee
423	Andrew Schultz, rhp	Tennessee
437	Garrett Stallings, rhp	Tennessee
188	David Hamilton, ss	Texas
392	Blair Henley, rhp	Texas
252	John McMillon, rhp/c	Texas Tech
375	Brandon Fraley, rhp/of	Tulane
397	Jack Dashwood, lhp	UC Santa Barbara
446	Armani Smith, of	UC Santa Barbara
315	Ryan Kreidler, 3b	UCLA
402	Jeremy Ydens, of	UCLA
434	Michael Toglia, of	UCLA
267	Jack Gillis, lhp	Vanderbilt
281	Drake Fellows, rhp	Vanderbilt
412	Zach King, lhp	Vanderbilt
472	Tyler Duvall, c	Vanderbilt
143	Noah Murdock, rhp	Virginia
390	Holden White, lhp	Wake Forest
336	Alex Haynes, rhp	Walters State (Tenn.) JC
140	Christian Jones, of	Washington
141	Ben Baird, ss	Washington
284	Austin Shenton, 3b	Washington
440	Jordan Jones, rhp	Washington
494	Clayton Keyes, of	Washington State
349	Alek Manoah, rhp	West Virginia
477	Tommy Barnhouse, rhp	Wichita State