Kenley on staying with Hogs in utility role, getting drafted Tuesday

Hogs second baseman Jack Kenley was a utility player before moving into a starting role this year and talked Wednesday morning about it paying off with his selection by Detroit.

Kenley has made one of the biggest jumps of a position player on this year’s Razorbacks team, hitting .324 over 61 games with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs.

Over his previous two seasons, Kenley combined to hit just .190, but now has career-bests in average, runs scored (53), hits (71), doubles (10), triples (4), walks (40), home runs and RBIs.

This year, Kenley is second on the team with 23 multi-hit games and third with 13 multi-RBI games.

He’s also second on the team in home runs after not hitting one in his freshman or sophomore seasons.