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CAREER:
Most experienced Bulldog outfielder with 91 starts (72 in CF, 10 in RF and 9 in LF) • Sports a .288 batting average with 106 hits and 14 stolen bases in 97 career games played • Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.

2012: 
A 32-game starter with playing time in 34 of MSU's 64 games • Opening day starter in centerfield, where he drew 31 starts • Also took the mound as a starter (2.2 innings pitched) against Penn State (Mar. 6) • Spent half of the campaign on the DL • Set a career-high for hits, total bases and RBI with a 4-for-6, 6-RBI burst against Lipscomb (Mar. 3) that included a season-first double and a career-first home run • Also registered 3-for-4, 3-RBI performances at the plate against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25) and at defending NCAA champion South Carolina (Apr. 13) • Seven multi-hit games • Missed eight early games after sustaining a shoulder injury against Penn State (Mar. 7) and the final 12 regular season games and nine postseason contests after another shoulder injury incurred during an outfield collision against Ole Miss (Apr. 28) • Played error-free in 32 of 34 games (.953) • Hit .230 and drew 16 starts in 17 SEC games played, missing the first and last three SEC weekend series due to injury • Fashioned a seven-game SEC hitting streak, second-longest on the team • Among 19 Diamond Dogs on the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2011:
Rookie outfielder with starts in 61 games and the only Bulldog to play in all 63 games • Named to the Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team and the 2011 SEC All-Freshman team • Hit .303, third-highest BA on the club • Drew 41 starts in center field, 10 in right, nine in left and one as the designated hitter • Ranked second on the team with 74 hits and "free bases" (28 walks and 12 HBPs) • Tallied 11 stolen bases in 18 attempts and fielded at a .978 clip with but three errors in 135 fielding chances • Compiled the team's second-longest hitting streak (12 games and finished second with hits in 48 games and 21 multi-hit games • Also tied (with Jarrod Parks) for the team lead with 10 multi-RBI games • Hit .264 with starts in 22 of 23 SEC games played • Hit safely in 22 SEC games • Went 5-for-12 (.417) in three-game series against eventual NCAA champion South Carolina • MSU's top hitter in SEC and NCAA postseason competition (.375/12-for-32) • Hit .538 (7-for-13) and earned NCAA Atlanta Regional MVP honors • Went 3-for-4 with a walk and a double in his collegiate career vs. Akron (Feb. 18) • Also turned in three-hit plate performances against Southern Miss (Apr. 5), Florida (Apr. 8), at Arkansas (Apr. 16) and in the NCAA Atlanta Regional at Georgia Tech (June 5) • Drove in a season-best four runs in that regional championship game at Tech • Among six Bulldog rookies named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year starting outfielder at Pace (Fla.) High School • Coached by Charlie Waner • Hit .474 with 46 hits and 21 extra-base hits • Helped lead the Patriots to a 29-2 record, the 2010 Florida 5A State Championship and the top spot in the ESPN Rise Fab 50 national ranking • Earned first-team Louisville Slugger and Max Preps High School All-American Team honors • All-state selection and tabbed as the 2010 Mr. Baseball for the state of Florida • Also honored as the Florida 5A Player of the Year • Also starred on the mound, posting a 13-0 record with a 1.12 earned run average while registering 90 strikeouts in 84 innings • Established a state record as the winning pitcher in five consecutive regional and state playoff games • Selected to play in the Florida High School All-Star Game • Honored as the Pensacola News Journal Male Athlete of the Year and Pitcher of the Year • 2009 Class 5A Northwest Florida Player of the Year and Pensacola News Journal All-Area selection after hitting .423 with 25 RBI, a .600 on-base percentage and 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts • Carved a 7-1 pitching record with a 1.20 ERA, 113 strikeouts and 13 walks in 66 innings of mound work • Earned first-team all-area and second-team all-state honors as a sophomore, hitting .453 and carding a 6-3 record with a 1.28 ERA in 2008 • Played summer league baseball with the Florida Bombers, coached by Emilio Fernandez • Selected as that club's first team captain • Honor grad, member of the Athletic Council and recipient of the 2010 Pace High School Citizenship Award.

DRAFT HISTORY:
Chosen by the Cleveland Indians in the 48th round of Major League Baseball's 2010 First-Year Player Draft.

PERSONAL:
Born Christopher Taylor Bradford on April 12, 1991 in Pensacola, Fla. • Son of Mike and Theresa Bradford of Pace, Fla. • Father, Mike Bradford, was MSU's starting third baseman in 1982 and 1983 • Majoring in kinesiology.


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