Tyler Nesbitt
#14PositionRHP
Weight200 lbs
Height6-3
ClassRedshirt Junior
HometownLaBelle, Fla.
Previous SchoolFlorida
High School
- Prepped at LaBelle High School in LaBelle, Fla.
- Florida Region All-High School Senior First Team (Perfect Game).
- 2019 Fort Myers News-Press All-Area First Team as a senior.
- Threw four no-hitters and struck out 92 batters over 50 innings in high school.
- Went 8-1 with a 1.26 ERA.
- Selected to play in the 2019 FACA All-Star Classic at Tigertown in Lakeland.
- Earned Second Team Senior Preseason All-America (Perfect Game) honors.
- Named the Most Valuable Pitcher at the 2018 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association World Championship in Jupiter.
Previous School - Florida (2020-2023)
- Attended Florida and played baseball for the Gators for four seasons.
- 2020 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball).
- Went 1-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA over 11.2 innings of work during the Covid-shortened 2020 season.
- Missed 2021 with an injury.
- Went 2-3 with a 4.59 ERA and struck out 29 while limiting opponents to a .230 batting average in 2022.
- Followed that up by having a stellar 2023 in which he went 1-0 with a 2.96 ERA and struck out 21 while holding oppoents to a .273 batting clip.
- Holds a career 4-3 collegiate record and a 3.25 ERA.
- Helped Florida to a runner-up finish at the 2023 Men's College World Series.
- On the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2023.
Personal
- Graduated from LaBelle HS in 2019.
- Birthday is July 11.
- Son of Bret and Shelley Nesbitt.
- Has one sibling, Weston Nesbitt.
- A 2023 graduate from the University of Florida.
- Enjoys fishing.
- Favorite MLB team is the Tampa Bay Rays.
- Favorite food is steak.
- Choose UCF because he believes in what they are trying to accomplish here and wanted to be a part of this team.
- Working on obtaining a Masters Certificate in Public Administration at UCF.