Sandia baseball star Colton Floyd commits to Texas A&M

A birthday, a trip to Texas, and a college commitment.

It’s been quite a whirlwind few days for Colton Floyd.

Sandia High’s imposing, big-hitting infielder on Monday announced on social media that he had committed to Texas A&M’s baseball program.

Floyd visited College Station over the weekend.

“I really loved College Station,” said Floyd, who turned 17 last Thursday. “Loved the town, loved everything about it. It has a college-town feel, the coaching staff was amazing and Texas A&M has a rich history. Honestly, it just felt like home.”

Texas A&M was 30-26 last season.

The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Floyd, who is a junior, will almost certainly project as one of New Mexico’s elite prospects in the Class of 2027. Last spring, in Sandia’s state championship season, Floyd cast a long shadow and was one of the very few prep players that other teams purposefully intentionally walked in order to avoid his heavy bat.

He was intentionally walked eight times in the state tournament alone, including twice in the final versus Eldorado.

Floyd had been talking to roughly two dozen other schools, including Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, the other two major programs where he took an on-campus visit.

He was recruited as a third baseman/pitcher. Arkansas and Tennessee were two other schools Floyd was seriously circling.

Floyd can pitch, but he’s done very little of that with the Matadors. To that end, he logged just four innings last season. He said he was dealing with some arm soreness.

“I wanted to take (the season) off. I didn’t think it was necessary to pitch,” Floyd said. He said he will throw more innings in 2026.

“I intend to, but not overthrow,” he said. “Keep a balance and make sure the longevity of my career is still intact.”

Floyd was in North Carolina over the summer for a 17U development program; La Cueva’s Dylan Blomker (an LSU commit who is a senior) also was in North Carolina for a similar reason. Floyd also competed in the Underclassmen Area Code Games in Long Beach, California, where he was an all-tournament selection, and was chosen for an underclassmen All-American Game in San Diego.

Floyd batted .526 last season for Sandia, slugged a whopping 1.105, had eight home runs and drove in 42 runs. He said he believes he projects more as a corner infielder than a pitcher.

“I have more of a passion for that right now,” he said.

And giving his commitment to Texas A&M, he said, was a relief.

“I was getting pressured by a lot of schools to make a decision right now when I wasn’t ready to,” Floyd said. “But I really felt home at A&M.”