Baylor baseball has added another experienced bat to its 2027 roster, with head coach Mitch Thompson announcing the arrival of fifth-year senior Todd Hudson.
Hudson comes to Waco after spending the 2026 season at Charlotte, where he appeared in 53 games and made 50 starts. He hit .337 with 10 home runs and 43 RBIs, giving the Bears a proven middle-of-the-order presence with plenty of college mileage behind him.
The first baseman and outfielder brings a career .306 average into Baylor, along with 24 home runs and 103 RBIs. At Charlotte, he slugged .514 and added five doubles, a triple, 70 hits, 44 runs and five stolen bases.
Hudson’s path to Baylor has taken him through Liberty and Miami [FL] as well. He played two seasons at Liberty before transferring to Miami in 2025, where he hit .259 with a home run and eight RBIs in 21 games.
During his time with the Flames, he also worked as a two-way player, logging 61.1 innings across 30 appearances and striking out 45 batters. At the plate, he hit .289 over those two seasons and totaled 13 home runs, including an 11-homer breakout in 2024.
Baylor’s roster now stands at 38 players for the upcoming season, with 20 newcomers in the mix. That group includes eight freshmen, seven transfer portal additions and five players from the junior college ranks.
Hudson, listed at 6-6 and 230 pounds, is from Lexington, S.C., where he attended River Bluff High School. He was named to the SCBA All-State Team in 2022 and entered that year as the top-ranked outfielder and No. 3 overall prospect in South Carolina by Perfect Game. He also earned two PG Preseason All-American and All-Region selections and was named the Gator of the Year as a senior, an award given to the school’s top male athlete.
He was a CSC Academic All-District honoree as a sophomore in 2024 and graduated from Charlotte with a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Hudson intends to pursue a graduate degree in learning design and technology at Baylor.
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