Colby Bortles is known as the junior brother of former American football quarterback Blake Bortles.
He was born on May 28, 1995, in Oviedo, Florida, United States to Suzy Bortles and Rob Bortles.
Colby Bortles enters his second year at East Carolina University and first as the Volunteer Assistant Coach, a position he accepted on January 18, 2022.
In his current role, Bortles will directly with the outfielders while also assisting with the hitters.
He will also coordinate all of ECU’s summer, fall, and winter camps. Before his new appointment within the Pirate program, he handled a variety of administrative duties, including team travel, game-day logistics, special events coordination and community outreach efforts during the 2020-21 academic year.
Colby served as the volunteer assistant coach at Charleston Southern following the 2020 season. While at CSU, he worked with the Buccaneer hitters and infielders daily.
A four-year letterman at Ole Miss from 2014-17, Bortles finished his career ranked 10th in program history with 153 RBI.
He appeared in 213 games, making 184 starts while batting .271 (184 hits) with 27 home runs, 43 doubles and scoring 108 runs.