FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas right-hander Blaine Knight was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday.
Knight, a junior from Bryant, was the 87th pick of the draft. All indications are that Knight will sign before the July 6 deadline and forego his final year with the Razorbacks.
He is the eighth Arkansas player to be drafted in the first round and the Razorbacks' sixth selected in the first round since 2007.
Knight is the only pitcher in Division I baseball with an 11-0 record this season, and he again dazzled in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional in a 10-2 win against Oral Roberts last Friday.