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2001 Won silver medal with Team USA in Junior Pan-Am Games
USA Today All-American in baseball as high school senior
Finished HS career with 55 home runs, 164 RBIs, .443 average
Hit 20 homers as a junior and 16 as a senior
Won two state titles in baseball and two in football at Parkview
Had 15 interceptions as a junior in high school
Had 1,035 receiving yards and 14 TD catches as a senior
Named state¹s football Player of the Year as a senior
Signed a football scholarship to Clemson
2002 Picked in the first round of the MLB Draft by Atlanta Braves
2003 Atlanta Braves South Atlantic League All-Star selection
2003 Member of the Carolina League regular season and postseason All-Star team.
2004 Named the top prospect in the Braves organization by Baseball America.
2004 Awarded largest signing bonus ($2.2 million) in Braves history
2005 Sports Illustrated Cover. Dubbed “The Natural” after hitting .360 with a 1.067 OPS in his first 37 games
2005 Hit a 3-run homer to center field in the bottom of the 8th inning, against Chicago Cubs. First Major League hit.
2005, Was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game before getting called up by Atlanta July 6, 2005
2007 Received Rawlings Gold Glove Award
12 Major League seasons, 1,481 games and 160 homers
2017 Fox Sports Braves analyst
Nicknamed “Frenchy”, American professional baseball right fielder (MLB)
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