2026 Baseball Roster
Keegan Knutson
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Janesville, Wis.
- High School:
- Combine Academy
- Prev School:
- San Jacinto CC
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2026 SEC Baseball Community Service Team
2026 SEASON
Appeared in 35 games and made 27 starts in his final season as a Tiger … Tallied 16 hits, including five doubles and a home run … Drove in 11 runs and scored a dozen times himself … Slugged a three-run homer in the seventh inning on the road at No. 22 Tennessee to help push the Tigers to an 8-4 SEC win over the Vols (3/20) … Matched his season high with three RBI in a win over New Haven (2/22) … Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI versus No. 25 Texas A&M (3/28) … Helped the Tigers earn an SEC series win over Vanderbilt with a 2-for-5 effort with an RBI and a run scored in the series-opening “Fog Game” win.
2025 SEASON
Proved to be a big addition for the Tiger offense in 2025 ... Hit .253 with a pair of home runs and 15 RBI ... His batting average ranked fifth on the team ... His eight doubles were tied for the team lead ... Led the team in sacrifice bunts (7) ... Stole four bases on the season ... Had a career day at the plate with a pair of home runs and four RBI against LSU (3/15) ... Logged a pair of three-hit games on the season (3-for-5 vs. Binghamton - 3/7; 3-for-4 vs. Ole Miss - 3/23).
PRIOR TO MIZZOU
Knutson joins the Tigers after a two-year stint at San Jacinto Junior College in Texas ... earned first-team all-region and all-conference honors for the Ravens in 2024 ... batted .351 with 18 extra-base hits, including a pair of homers, and 32 RBIs as a sophomore ... completed a standout prep career at Combine Academy in Lincolnton, N.C. ... the Wisconsin native was rated as the No. 4 shortstop and No. 36 overall prospect in North Carolina's 2022 recruiting class ... began his prep career at Milton (Wis.) High School, where he earned all-conference honors as a freshman in 2019.
PERSONAL
Son of Kirk and Amy Knutson ... born February 6, 2004 ... majoring in general studies at Mizzou.
