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Jersey Number 16
Brayden Dowd
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 183
- Hometown:
- Clarkston, Mich.
- High School:
- Brother Rice
- Previous School:
- USC
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
2026 / AS A JUNIOR
PRIOR TO FSU / AT USC FROM 2024-25
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2025 / AS A SOPHOMORE
2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks (3rd round, 88th overall) in the 2026 MLB Draft
- Third Team All-ACC
- Academic All-District Team - College Sports Communicators
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Late-Season (Week 12) No. 34-Ranked Outfielder - D1Baseball
- Midseason (Week 6) No. 19-Ranked Outfielder - D1Baseball
- Played in 51 games, all starts, primarily at center field, and hit .293 with a .527 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage
- In 184 at-bats, had 54 hits, 10 home runs, 13 doubles, 36 RBI, 52 runs scored, 97 total bases, and 51 walks with 10 stolen bases in 10 attempts
- Had two game-winning hits and four game-winning runs
- Notched three hits, one double, one home run, and two RBI vs. No. 12 Wake Forest on March 13
- Hit a game-winning grand slam in the sixth inning vs. No. 10 NC State on March 21
- Recorded four hits, one home run, three RBI, and five walks vs. Miami from May 14-16, drawing an eleventh inning walk-off walk on May 14
- Set career high five runs scored vs. James Madison on February 14, with three hits, one home run, one double, three RBI, and two walks
PRIOR TO FSU / AT USC FROM 2024-25
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2025 / AS A SOPHOMORE
- Played in 58 games with 57 starts and hit .324 with a .524 slugging percentage and a .446 on-base percentage
- In 225 at-bats, had 73 hits, 10 home runs, 15 doubles, 36 RBI, 52 runs scored and 46 walks with three stolen bases in six attempts
- Had a season-best four hits vs. Minnesota on April 26
- Posted a season-high four RBI vs. Ohio State on April 6
2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
- Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
- Played in 43 games with 40 starts and hit .324 with a .400 slugging percentage and a .401 on-base percentage
- In 145 at-bats, had 47 hits, one home run, six doubles, one triple, 26 RBI, 26 runs scored and 21 walks with eight stolen bases in 10 attempts
- Finished sixth in the Pac-12 with five sacrifice flies
- Recorded 16 multi-hit games
- Hit a three-run home run to secure a 7-4 win in the Pac-12 semifinal vs. Cal on May 24
- Drove in the game-winning run vs. Utah on May 21
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Brothers Rice High
- Ranked No. 103 nationally among outfielders and No. 14 overall in the state of Michigan
- All Catholic League honors as a junior and senior
- Led team in batting average, slugging percentage, OPS and hits as a junior
PERSONAL
- Majoring in business
- Parents are Tim and Jodie Dowd
- Has two sisters, Maddie and Lauren
- Father, Tim, played baseball at Central Michigan and sister, Maddie, played volleyball at Michigan
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