FORT WORTH, Texas — Georgia baseball’s Charlie Condon has an opportunity to make history.
The consensus All-American and recently voted best player in college baseball in 2024 could be the highest Bulldog selected in the MLB draft.
The current record holder is a debate between former UGA catcher John Henderson and former UGA outfielder Jeff Pyburn.
While Pyburn is the usual consensus, being that he was drafted fifth overall in the 1980 MLB Amateur Draft, Henderson was selected fourth overall in the 1975 Secondary Phase draft, back when the draft had two different phases.
Georgia’s most recent first round pick was Seattle Mariners pitcher Emerson Hancock, who was selected sixth overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. The 6-foot-6 Condon is projected to be selected in the first two picks of the draft. If he is, he would officially be the highest selected player.
If he’s selected first, he would put Georgia athletics in a unique category.
The Bulldogs are currently tied with USC and Notre Dame for the most amount of first overall picks from a school at six each.
These include the following:
Travon Walker - Selected first in the 2022 NFL Draft
Anthony Edwards - Selected first in the 2021 NBA Draft
Matthew Stafford - Selected first in the 2009 NFL Draft
Harry Babcock - Selected first in the 1953 NFL Draft
Charley Trippi - Selected first in the 1945 NFL Draft
Frank Sinkwich - Selected first in the 1943 NFL Draft
The Bulldogs are one of a few schools to have produced No. 1 overall pick in multiple sports.
However, if Condon is selected No. 1 by the Cleveland Guardians, he’ll place UGA with only three other schools to have players selected No. 1 overall in three different professional sports.
Georgia will join LSU for having players selected No. 1 in the NFL, NBA and MLB drafts. The two are joined by UCLA and Michigan State. The Bruins had players selected No. 1 in the NBA, MLB and NHL drafts, while the Spartans had players selected No. 1 in the NBA, NFL and NHL drafts.
The Bulldogs will also be tied with the Tigers — who had last years MLB No. 1 pick Paul Skenes — for the most No. 1 picks at seven.
The first day of the draft, hosted at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas, will be televised on ESPN and the MLB Network at 7 p.m. EST.
Days two and three — rounds three through 10 and rounds 11 through 20, respectively — will air at 2 p.m. EST on MLB.com.
These days, you may see former Bulldogs like Corey Collins, Slate Alford, Chandler Marsh and Kolby Branch be selected.