2026 MLB Draft - 13th Round (385th Overall) - Miami Marlins
Pitched two seasons (2025-26) at LSU after one season as a member of the Dallas Baptist staff in 2024; also pitched at LSU-Eunice in 2023 as a freshman ... posted a 4-2 career mark in three NCAA Division I seasons (at DBU and LSU) with a 6.43 ERA in 55 appearances ... worked 56.0 career innings, logging 38 walks and 63 strikeouts ... selected by the Miami Marlins in the 13th round of the 2026 MLB Draft.
2026 Season (at LSU)
Posted a 2-0 mark and a 9.00 ERA in 16 relief appearances, recording three walks and 13 strikeouts in 7.0 total innings of work.
• Recorded 1.0 scoreless inning with one hit, no walks and two strikeouts vs. Northwestern State (April 14), earning a relief win
• Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning with one hit, one unearned run, no walks and three strikeouts vs. Southern (March 31)
2025 Season (at LSU)
• Made 17 relief appearances, posting a 1-1 record and a 6.75 ERA in 16.0 innings with 13 walks and 15 strikeouts … limited opponents to a .196 batting average
• Earned his first career LSU win in Game 1 of series versus Mississippi State (March 27), recording 0.2 inning in the Tigers’ 8-6 victory
• Worked 1.2 shutout innings versus Purdue Fort Wayne in his LSU debut (Feb. 15), allowing no hits with three strikeouts
2024 Season (at Dallas Baptist)
• Posted a 1-1 record at Dallas Baptist in 2024 with a 5.73 ERA … worked 33.0 innings over 22 appearances, recording 35 strikeouts
2023 Season (at LSU-Eunice)
Named a Third Team All-American following his freshman season … Totaled the second-most wins at the NJCAA Division II level (11) … Also led the team in ERA (2.82), innings pitched (70.1), and strikeouts (86) … Finished his freshman campaign with an 11-1 record for an LSU Eunice team that went 53-5 and reached the regional championship … Named the NJCAA National Pitcher of the Week after a 14-strikeout performance against Southern Iowa on March 10.
High School
Lettered all four years at Montgomery High School … Played for head coach Michael Starkey … Named the District MVP as a senior … Competed in the summers for the Texas Twelve and the Louisiana Knights.
Personal
Full name is Connor Eli Benge … Born on October 2, 2003 … Parents are John and Kindra Benge … Father is an electrician and mother is an interior designer … has one younger sister, Callie … Majoring in sport administration at LSU.
Benge’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 1.2 three times; most recently at Texas (3/22/25)
Strikeouts: 3 twice – vs. Southern (3/31/26); vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/15/25)
Hits Allowed: 3 at Texas (3/22/25)
Runs: 3 vs. Omaha (2/22/25)
Earned Runs: 3 vs. Omaha (2/22/25)
Walks: 3 vs. Alabama (4/17/25)