Baseball at Clemson Everyman Many found Reed Rohlman’s death at age 29 to be “devastating.”
Reed Rohlman, one of the more popular Clemson baseball players in recent memory, died following an auto accident in Hobe Sound, Florida, on Wednesday. He was 29.
A 2013 graduate of Byrnes High School, Rohlman played for the Tigers from 2014-17 and was a two-time All-American.
After redshirting in 2014, he hit .356 – the third-highest average in the ACC – in 2015, becoming just the second Clemson freshman to earn All-America honors. He was a second-team All-America selection in 2017 after hitting .361 and was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the MLB Draft. He spent three seasons in the organization.
Tyler Jackson, a teammate of Rohlman’s at Clemson, described the situation as “just devastating to a lot of people.” “His contagious personality and free spirit allowed him to make a large group of friends everywhere he went, even if he wasn’t there for long.”
The last time that was in Jupiter, Florida, he was in regular contact with Jackson and lived in a close-knit community.
“Obviously, we were friends at Clemson, but we had become really close over the last two years,” Jackson remarked. “Reed was going to be in our wedding and helped me plan my engagement.” I would stop at nothing to make that happen.
Because of his unusually long hair and beard, Rohlman was referred to as “Leftfield Jesus” while attending Clemson University. Jackson gives Rohlman credit for rescuing what he views as the most important game of his collegiate career—an NCAA Regional triumph over Vanderbilt.
