WATCH: Jordan Beck swats a grand slam to put the Tennessee Volunteers up 7-4

Jordan Beck is the one of the trendiest names across college baseball recently and he delivered when his team needed him most on Saturday night. The top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers baseball team were trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the 6th inning against the Missouri Tigers and Beck swatted a grand slam over the wall, putting the Vols in control with a 7-4 lead.

Watch it below.

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— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) April 10, 2022

The game was televised on the SEC Network. Tennessee went on to win the game, 11-4.

Jordan Beck aka Mike Honcho has become an NIL sensation lately

As Beck — I mean Honcho — accepted the nickname that his head coach Tony Vitello gave him, the Volunteers outfielder is seeing NIL doors open that didn’t even have a handle prior.

According to Mike Wilson of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the Tennessee outfielder is achieving folk hero status after accepting the nickname following the Volunteers’ sweep of rival Vanderbilt. Instantly, Beck became an NIL sensation.

“More than 3,000 shirts playing off the nickname were sold in 48 hours at VolShop and Alumni Hall through Spyre Sports,” wrote Wilson. “Back Door Tavern in west Knoxville put ‘Mike Honcho drinks 4 free’ on its pylon sign Thursday among other baseball-themed messages.”

According to Beck, the timing was everything when it comes to his new-found fame.

“I think this can happen to anyone and could be anyone at any time,” Beck said. “You just have to embrace the role and accept it. You have to have fun with it.”

It all started from a moment that actually upset many Tennessee faithful. The outfielder homered on the first pitch he swung at last Friday against Vanderbilt — but that’s not where out story begins. Instead of celebrating, Beck was instead ruled out by virtue of being found of using an unapproved bat after umpires reviewed the play. They deemed the bat lacked the sticker that indicates it was tested and able to be used in the contest.

On3’s Stephen Samra also contributed to this article.