Background: McFarland joins the Bears as a senior transfer after hitting .276 in 98 career games at Arkansas over three seasons to start his college career ... Part of Arkansas’ back-to-back College World Series clubs in 2018 and 2019, helping the Razorbacks to a national runner-up finish as a sophomore when he hit a career-best .299 for a squad that won 48 games ... A top 100 recruit and the No. 10 outfielder in the nation according to Perfect Game coming out of Waterloo (Ill.) High, he was rated as the fourth-best player overall and No. 1 outfielder in the state of Illinois by PG … Hit .442 with six doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 42 RBIs as a prep junior, following a sophomore season in which he batted .437 with seven home runs and 41 RBIs at Gibault Catholic High School … Played summer ball for the St. Louis Pirates.
Personal: Jordan Erwin McFarland is the son of Dave and Valerie McFarland ... Born Aug. 24, 1997, in Hecker, Ill. ... Majoring in sport and park administration.
