2017: Played in 52 games and started in 50... 49 starts came at first base and one start occurred at third base... Hit .272 with 49 hits, 38 runs, 28 RBIs, eight doubles, one triple and seven home runs... Recorded multiple hits in 13 games and had three three-hit performances... Had the second-longest reached-base streak of the season at 16 games and finished the year with the longest active reached-base streak at 14 games... Recorded the eighth-most putouts in the Sun Belt at 408... His .333 batting average in Sun Belt play ranked 12th while his .542 slugging percentage ranked eighth... Tied a career high with four RBIs against Texas State (April 8) as he went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run.

2016: Started and played in all 54 games... Hit .295 with 65 hits, 40 RBIs, 39 runs, 15 doubles, seven home runs and seven stolen bases... Went 4 for 5 with four RBIs, a home run and a stolen base at Georgia Southern (April 24)... Had a 4 for 6 day with an RBI, a double and a stolen base against Arkansas State (May 21)... Had 19 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games for the year... Tallied three RBIs in six different games, the most by anyone on the team... Recorded 479 putouts for the season, fourth-most in the Sun Belt... Fielded 44 double plays, the most in the Sun Belt... Put up a .990 fielding percentage for the year.

Northern Oklahoma College at Enid: Played under coaches Raydon Leaton and Scott Mansfield... Earned Region 2 First Team All-Conference and All-Tournament Team awards in 2015 after compiling a .360 batting average, 15 doubles, 11 home runs and 10 stolen bases... Ranked 27th in Division II of the NJCAA for home runs and ranked in the top 50 for hits, total bases and plate appearances... Appeared in the 2014 NJCAA College World Series after team won the Region 2 Championship.

Prestonwood Christian Academy: Named a top 1,000 prospect by Perfect Game... Played for coach Chris Brooks with the Dallas Patriots.

Personal: Son of Thomas and Deidre Gifford ... Hometown is Murphy, Texas.