I'm no college baseball expert but I don't think it's common. I wonder if we're seeing a Shohei Ohtani effect
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Carlos Rodon frequently DH'ed for NC State. He was called upon to pinch hit in pressure situations, too. I had hoped he'd get drafted to an NL team just to see how he'd do against big league pitching.
That's my one local example. Not sure if that indicates a common occurrence.