The utility man adds another element to the 2025 Packers roster.
NC State continues to build to its 2025 roster with another SEC transfer, Trenton Lyons of Ole Miss. The 6’3, 185-pound utility player will be a sophomore in the coming season, with three years of eligibility left.
Lyons played 21 games for the Rebels in 2024, earning seven starts. He hit.256/.326/.282, with a 9.3 BB%, 37.2 K%, and one SB. While predominantly playing catcher, he threw out two of fourteen (14.3%) opposing base runners. I don’t think he’ll stay behind the dish with the Wolfpack.
Lyons is primarily playing shortstop with the Holly Springs Salamanders this summer, although he also plays catcher and third base occasionally. His agility and defensive qualities allow him to play virtually anywhere on the diamond. Lyons is hitting for the Salamanders, where he plays alongside 2024 Wolfpackers Jake Bechtel, Rob Nedry (who is now in the gateway), and Hollis Fanning.293/.391/.414, 7.0 BB%, 13.0 K%, 17-18 SBs.
According to D1 Baseball’s report on Ole Miss last fall:
If whatever can be done on a baseball field, Trenton Lyons is likely to be good at it, and he appears to be a potential Swiss Army knife for Ole Miss in 2024 and beyond. He’s a strong runner with 6.6-second sixty-yard dashes, an excellent athlete, and a physical presence standing 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds. He caught in high school and is a terrific defender back there, but he also has experience playing shortstop, and the Ole Miss coaching staff believes he could wind up in a corner outfield position. His ceiling is high to begin with, but if he can smash SEC pitching, he has the potential to be great.
Lyons, a switch-hitter, graduated from Christian Brothers High School in Memphis and was ranked #205 in the class of 2023.
