Selected in the first round (No. 3 overall) of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies out of the University of Georgia... signed with the Rockies on July 21, 2024 and received a record $9.25 million, tying the all-time bonus record set a week earlier by Chase Burns (Reds, No. 2 overall)... was ranked by MLB as the No. 2 prospect in the 2024 Draft class... made the team at Georgia as a walk-on, redshirted in 2022 before he earned national freshman of the year honors in 2023 by slashing .386/.484/.800 with a Southeastern Conference freshman-record 25 homers... e won the Golden Spikes Award and SEC Player of the Year accolades while posting even better numbers in 2024, leading NCAA Division I in batting (.433), slugging (1.009), OPS (1.565), homers (37), extra-base hits (58) and total bases (233)... at one point homered in eight straight games, one shy of tying the NCAA record... was projected by some as a possible No. 1 overall Draft pick... surpassed Jeff Pyburn (No. 5 overall in 1980) as the highest-drafted player in Georgia Bulldogs history... grew up in Marietta, Ga... before college, he played at The Walker School for head coach Dan Garofano... batted .432 with a 1.310 OPS as a senior, was named 2021 Hitter of the Year in the Region along with First Team All-Region and helped the Wolverines advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the state playoffs as a senior... majored in finance at Georgia... son of Rebecca and Jim Condon... Charlie’s cousin Owen was an offensive lineman and member of the Georgia football team from 2018-2021 and played at SMU in 2022
