#6 Brayden Jobert Season 2024

MLB Draft: 2023 12th Round (No. 365 Overall) – St. Louis Cardinals

2023 Round Rock Classic All-Tournament Team
2022 Second-Team ABCA All-South Region
SEC Player of the Week (May 23, 2022)
2022 LSWA Honorable Mention All-Louisiana
2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (at Nicholls)

Outstanding hitter who has made a huge impact upon the Tigers’ offense for the past two seasons (2022 and 2023), batting a combined .273 (107-for-392) with 21 doubles, three triples, 32 homers, 107 RBI and 86 runs … helped lead LSU to the 2023 National Championship, as he was the Tigers’ CWS leader in home runs (3), and he was second on the club in CWS RBI (7) … scheduled to graduate from LSU in the summer of 2023 with a degree in sport administration.

2023 Season
• Played in 60 games (51 starts), batting .301 (58-for-193) with 11 doubles, two triples, 14 homers, 49 RBI and 40 runs scored … started 34 games in right field, eight games in left field, six games at third base and three games at DH
• Batted .290 (9-for-31) in the College World Series with three doubles, one triple, three homers, seven RBI and six runs … 4-for-7 in Game 3 of the CWS Finals vs. Florida (June 26) with one double, one homer, three RBI and three runs scored
• Blasted a solo homer in eighth inning of LSU’s CWS opening win over Tennessee (June 17), extending the Tigers’ lead from 5-3 to the eventual final score of 6-3
• 2-for-8 in NCAA Super Regional vs. Kentucky with one double, one RBI and one run
• Launched a game-winning solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning in NCAA Regional winners’ bracket game vs. Oregon State (June 5); the homer broke a 5-5 tie and LSU went to on a 6-5 victory
• 3-for-10 in the NCAA Regional with one homer, three RBI and three runs
• Hit .333 (4-for-12) in the SEC Tournament with one double, one homer, four RBI and two runs scored
• 4-for-11 in Georgia series (May 18-20) with one homer, two RBI and four runs scored
• 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and five RBI in May 14 game vs. Mississippi State
• Launched a grand slam in April 13 win over Kentucky, the second grand slam of his LSU career
• Blasted a two-run homer and delivered an RBI single in LSU’s win at Tulane (April 11)
• Voted to the 2023 Round Rock Classic All-Tournament team after hitting .455 (5-for-11) in three games (Feb. 24-26) with two homers, one triple, five RBI and three runs scored … in the Feb. 26 16-4 win over Sam Houston, Jobert blasted two homers, a triple and a single, and he collected five RBI and two runs scored

2022 Season
Played in 59 games (57 starts), batting .246 (49-for-199) with 10 doubles, one triple, 18 homers, 58 RBI and 46 runs … started 48 games at designated hitter and nine games in right field … finished second on the LSU team behind Dylan Crews in homers and RBI … Jobert finished No. 9 in the SEC in homers with his 18 dingers … collected nine homers and 25 RBI in SEC regular-season games … named SEC Player of the Week on May 23 after hitting .500 (8-for-16) in four games with one double, one triple, five homers and 13 RBI … in the three-game Vanderbilt series (May 19-21), he batted .500 (6-for-12) with one double, one triple, three homers and 10 RBI … in the May 21 win over Vanderbilt that clinched the No. 4 seed in the SEC Tournament for the Tigers, Jobert tied the LSU single-game record for RBI with nine, as he blasted a grand slam, a three-run homer and a two-run double … he tied the school RBI record originally set on March 5, 1999, by Eric Hendrickson versus Ohio … launched two homers and provided three RBI in May 17 win over Northwestern State … provided two solo homers in Missouri series (April 21-23) with three runs scored … enjoyed a three-game stretch (March 26-27, March 29) with a remarkable five homers and 16 RBI … he collected seven RBI in March 29 win over UL Monroe, becoming the first LSU player to reach the 7-RBI mark since March 17, 2017, when Antoine Duplantis recorded seven RBI versus Georgia … led LSU to a series win March 25-27 at No. 7 Florida by batting .444 (4-for-9) in two games against the Gators with three homers, five runs scored and nine RBI; his two-run homer in the fourth inning in Game 3 broke a scoreless tie and ignited a four-run LSU outburst … he later highlighted a seven-run sixth inning in Game 3 at Florida with a three-run dinger, as he collected a career-best five RBI in the game … his first homer of the weekend at Florida came in Game 2, when his three-run blast was the signature blow of a six-run third inning.

Prior to LSU
Played in 2021 at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, La., where he earned JUCO All-America honors and batted .386 with 15 doubles, 16 homers, 71 RBI, an .813 slugging percentage and a .469 on-base percentage … saw action in all 18 games of the shortened 2020 season at Nicholls State while making 16 starts, primarily at designated hitter … completed 2020 with a .365 batting average along with squad-highs in hits (23), RBI (11) and runs scored (11), and he posted a 13-game hitting streak … Collected a squad-best five multi-hit games, including an impressive four-hit showcase in a home victory over Long Island University… named to the 2020 Freshman All-American team by Collegiate Baseball … attended Northshore High School in Slidell, La.; competed for three seasons on the Panthers’ varsity squad, earning All-District honors as sophomore, junior and senior … as a senior, he was named District 6-5A MVP and All-Region 10 Hitter of the Year, as he batted .380 with five home runs … tabbed as both an All-Metro and All-State selection in high school.

Personal
Full name is Brayden Arnaud Jobert … parents are Jacques and Amy Jobert … Dad is a hitting coach/hitting instructor who played college baseball at Delgado Community College and at Nicholls State; Mom is a loan officer … has one younger sibling, Reese … Brayden on attending LSU: “Growing up in Louisiana, LSU has always been my dream school to play baseball. I want to win a National Championship in front of the best fans in college baseball” … born November 14, 2000, in Slidell, La.

Jobert’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 7 vs. Florida (6/26/23 – Game 3 College World Series Finals)
Hits: 4 vs. Florida (6/26/23 – Game 3 CWS Finals); 4 at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
Runs Scored: 3 five times; most recently vs. Florida (6/26/23 – Game 3 CWS Finals)
Doubles: 1 on 21 occasions; most recently vs. Florida (6/26/23 – Game 3 CWS Finals)
Triples: 1 on three occasions; most recently vs. Tennessee (6/17/23 – CWS)
Home Runs: 2 five times; most recently vs. Sam Houston (2/26/23 – Round Rock Classic)
RBI: 9 vs. Vanderbilt (5/21/22)