Topher Jones

Ole Miss Baseball during the game against UGA at Swayze Field in Oxford, MS on April 26, 2026. Photo by Abby Miller, Student Photographer/Ole Miss Athletics.

Ole Miss Baseball during their game against Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas on May 1, 2026. Photo by Kari Hodges/Ole Miss Athletics.

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
IF
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 215
Experience:
JC
Hometown:
Hernando, Miss.
High School:
Hernando
Prev. College:
Pearl River CC
Major:
General Business

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NJCAA Division II Third Team All-American
• 2025 NJCAA All-Region 23 First Team
• 2025 All-MACCC First Team

2026 (Sophomore): Played in 31 games, starting in 20 (17 at left field, three as the DH) … Had a .217 average in 60 at bats, walking eight times … Hit three home runs with two doubles for the season … Recorded first two hits of the season against Southeast Missouri (2/24), also driving home a run … Hit first Division I homer in his next appearance against Memphis (3/3) … Scored two runs versus Evansville (3/8) … Had a three-game stretch in April where he had two hits in each game … Went 2-for-4 at Tennessee (4/19), 2-for-2 with a homer and three runs scored against Murray State (4/21), and 2-for-4 again against Georgia (4/25) … Hit a solo shot against Texas A&M (5/9)

PEARL RIVER CC: Had a standout freshman season for the Wildcats, hitting .358 with a .459 on-base percentage and .608 slugging percentage … Was productive with the bat, leading the team in RBI with 72 … Tallied 62 runs, 29 walks, 16 doubles, 11 home runs and two triples … Made only eight errors in 131 total chances at third base … Set PRCC’s single-game record with eight RBI in a game at Itawamba … Helped lead Pearl River to an MACCC Championship, a region 23 Title and an NJCAA World Series Runner-up finish … Named First Team All-MACCC, All-Region 23 and NJCAA Third Team All-America … Two-time MACC Player of the Week … Ranked Perfect Game’s 19th-best JUCO prospect as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Taylor Karr at Hernando High School, earning four letters … Hit .295 with 33 runs, 23 RBI, six doubles, one triple and four homers as a senior … Tallied a .368 batting average as a junior … Member of the 2024 State Championship runner-up tea, … Named 2024 First Team All-State … 2024 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen … Ranked the No. 3 third baseman and 14th overall player in Mississippi by Perfect Game … Also played football.

PERSONAL: Full name is Christopher Calvert Jones, Jr. … Born April 20, 2006, to Chris and Mandy Jones … Has three siblings – Emma Kate, Andrew and Jax … Pursuing a degree in general business.