2025 MLB Draft: Final prospect rankings for Florida players

The 2025 MLB Draft begins on Sunday, and multiple Florida Gators will hear their names called as well as some 2025 signees. UF could produce four draft picks for the 16th time in the last 17 years.

Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday with 105 selections in rounds 1-3. The first 43 picks will broadcast live on ESPN and MLB Network, while the other 62 will be simulcasted on MLB.com. The 2025 MLB Draft concludes on Monday with rounds 4-20 starting at 11:30 a.m. ET on MLB.com. The Gators have multiple players included in various prospect rankings across the industry.

Florida’s draft hopefuls are shortstop Colby Shelton, catcher Luke Heyman, right-handed pitcher Jake Clemente, infielder Bobby Boser, catcher/designated hitter Brody Donay, second baseman Cade Kurland, outfielder Blake Cyr and left-handed pitcher Pierce Coppola.

Some UF commits in its 2025 recruiting class could also be drafted, including right-handed pitcher Aaron Watson and shortstops Jordan Yost and Nicolas Partridge. All draft-eligible players can be selected unless they proactively remove their name from the draft.

UF has produced 225 unique draftees and 26 first-round picks since the MLB Draft began in 1965. Florida’s draft history has been even more impressive under Kevin O’Sullivan, who boasts 110 selections and 14 first-round picks — the latter of which ranks No. 2 nationally.

Florida Gators MLB Draft rankings

MLB Pipeline Top 200
No. 142: SS Colby Shelton
No. 188: 3B Bobby Boser
No. 189: RHP Jake Clemente
No. 248: C Brody Donay
 
Baseball America Top 500
No. 131: C Luke Heyman
No. 159: SS Colby Shelton
No. 201: RHP Jake Clemente
No. 218: C Brody Donay
No. 262: 2B Cade Kurland
No. 270: OF Blake Cyr
No. 283: 3B Bobby Boser
No. 427: LHP Pierce Coppola
 
D1Baseball Top 100 (College Only)
No. 36: SS Colby Shelton
No. 106: LHP Pierce Coppola
No. 117: RHP Jake Clemente
No. 140: C Brody Donay
No. 143: 2B Cade Kurland

First round picks in program history

2024: 1B/LHP Jac Caglianone – Round 1, Pick 6 (Kansas City Royals)
2023: RHP Hurston Waldrep – Round 1, Pick 24 (Atlanta Braves)
2023: OF Wyatt Langford – Round 1, Pick 4 (Texas Rangers)
2022: OF Sterlin Thompson – Round 1, Pick 31 (Colorado Rockies)
2018: 3B Jonathan India – Round 1, Pick 5 (Cincinnati Reds)
2018: RHP Brady Singer – Round 1, Pick 18 (Kansas City Royals)
2018: Jackson Kowar – Round 1, Pick 33 (Kansas City Royals)
2017: RHP Alex Faedo – Round 1, Pick 18 (Detroit Tigers)
2016: LHP A.J. Puk – Round 1, Pick 6 (Oakland Athletics)
2016: RHP Dane Dunning – Round 1, Pick 29 (Washington Nationals)
2015: SS Richie Martin – Round 1, Pick 20 (Oakland Athletics)
2013: RHP Jonathon Crawford – Round 1, Pick 20 (Detroit Tigers)
2012: C Mike Zunino – Round 1, Pick 3 (Seattle Mariners)
2012: LHP/1B Brian Johnson – Round 1, Pick 31 (Boston Red Sox)
2007: 1B Matt LaPorta – Round 1, Pick 7 (Milwaukee Brewers)
1998: 1B/OF/LHP Brad Wilkerson – Round 1, Pick 33 (Montreal Expos)
1993: RHP Marc Valdes – Round 1, Pick 27 (Florida Marlins)
1992: RHP John Burke – Round 1, Pick 27 (Colorado Rockies)
1991: RHP John Burke – Round 1, Pick 6 (Houston Astros)
1989: RHP Jamie McAndrew – Round 1, Pick 28 (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1986: OF Scott Ruskin – Round 1, Pick 8 (Montreal Expos) *secondary phase*
1983: RHP Rich Rice – Round 1, Pick 3 (Baltimore Orioles) *secondary phase*
1983: SS Robby Thompson – Round 1, Pick 2 (San Francisco Giants) *secondary phase*
1981: LHP Rob Murphy – Round 1, Pick 3 (Cincinnati Reds) *secondary phase*
1981: RHP Randy O’Neal – Round 1, Pick 15 (Detroit Tigers) *secondary phase*
1978: C Jim Watkins – Round 1, Pick 1 (Atlanta Braves) *secondary phase*