[4][5] He appeared in the Aflac All-American Game[6] and committed to attend Louisiana State University on a baseball scholarship.

[8] He played for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL) during the 2010 season, where he had a modest .258 batting average and struck out 101 times.

[15] In 2014, Heathcott played in nine games for the Thunder before his knee injury returned,[16] which required surgery and ended his season.

[19] On January 6, 2015, the Yankees re-signed Heathcott to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.

[21] Healthy to start the season, Heathcott was assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League.

[27] After batting .353 (6-for-17) with a home run and three RBIs in six games for the Yankees, Heathcott went on the disabled list when an MRI diagnosed him with a strained quadriceps femoris muscle.

In his first at-bat after the promotion, Heathcott hit a game-winning home run against the Tampa Bay Rays' closer Brad Boxberger.

As the Yankees also had left-handed outfielders Ben Gamel, Mason Williams, Jake Cave, and Dustin Fowler in their farm system, the team released Heathcott on May 26, 2016.

[32] He spent the remainder of the season with the Triple–A Charlotte Knights, also playing in seven games for the rookie–level Arizona League White Sox.

[33] On March 18, 2017, Heathcott signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization.

[36] On January 8, 2018, Heathcott signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics and was assigned to the Triple–A Nashville Sounds of the PCL.

[37] On July 13, 2018, Heathcott signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

[38] During his junior year of high school, Heathcott was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and got kicked off the baseball team for poor academic performance.

[1] The Yankees found out about Heathcott's alcohol problem when he blacked out and lost his passport the night before he was to fly to the Dominican Republic.