Missouri State

2016: Tallman sat out the 2016 season as a redshirt.

Background: Brought his talents as a right-handed hurler to Springfield after helping his Quincy (Ill.) Notre Dame High School club to the program's first Illinois Class 3A regional title as a senior in 2015 ... Logged a 9-0 record to go along with a minuscule 0.76 earned run average in helping the Raiders go 27-2 ... Named the Quincy Herald-Whig's 2015 Player of the Year after striking out 93 batters while allowing just three walks and 20 hits in 59 innings of work ... Helped lead QND to a 28-5 season and a regional final berth as a junior ... The New London, Mo., native was rated as the No. 15 senior in the state of Missouri by Perfect Game USA, which also named Tallman a 2014 Underclass Honorable Mention All-America and a 2015 All-Central Region honorable mention pick.

Personal: Justin Robert Tallman is the son of Jerry and Amy Tallman ... Born May 10, 1997, in Hannibal, Mo. ... Plans to major in accounting at MSU.