NDFA Sign - RHP Drake Nightengale South Alabama

 

6-0  195   Senior

 

Drake Nightengale   @nightengale32

 

Thankful for this Opportunity to join the New York Mets Organization.

 

It's a Dream Come True, I would like to thank my Agent James O. Covington for getting this deal done for me, as well as my coaches at South Alabama, Pearl River Community College, & Sumrall High School.

 

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2019 (Junior):  Led the Sun Belt Conference in opposing batting average (.196), and ranked fourth in ERA (3.52) and strikeouts (91) ... Ranked 12th in the league in strikeouts (47) and opposing batting average (.239) in Sun Belt contests ... Finished 6-2 with a 3.52 ERA and one save in 15 appearances with 12 starts in 2019 ... Recorded 91 strikeouts against 38 walks in 71 2/3 innings pitched ... Went 4-0 with a 1.83 ERA and 49 strikeouts with seven walks in his final five starts of the season, which covered a span of 34 1/3 innings ... Named the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week three times - Feb. 26, April 23 and May 20 ... Tossed 4 1/3 innings and struck out six at Clemson (Feb. 15) in his Jaguar debut ... Recorded his first career save with three rerlief innings against Alabama State (Feb. 19) ... Struck out a then career-high nine batters in five shutout innings against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 23) to earn his first career win ... Recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings against Southern Miss (April 16) ... Struck out 11 in a career-high 7 2/3 innings pitched against Troy (May 16) in his final outing of the season.

 

2020 stat line:    4-starts, 1-0, 3.09 (lowest ERA of any starter), 23.1-IP, 39-K

 

Al.com

 

            South Alabama’s Drake Nightengale: NCAA should ‘make it right’ for senior athletes –

 

Nightengale was the Jaguars’ No. 1 starter in both 2019 and 2020 after transferring from junior college, and had posted a 3.09 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings in four starts this season. He was among seven seniors on the USA baseball team this spring, and the one most likely be drafted by a professional team in June.