Tyler Batty, EDGE, BYU
Size:
Height: 6055
Weight: 271
Arm: 33 ⅛”
Hand: 9 ⅜”
Accomplishments:
First-Team All-Big 12 (2024) • Second-Team All-Big 12 (2023)
“Tyler Batty is a powerful point-of-attack defender with an infectious pursuit energy to find the football and make tackles.”
Strengths:
Pop in hands
Pursuit energy
Good pass-rush bag
Length and build to set the edge
Concerns:
Pad level
Anchor
Twitch
Ankle flexion
Film Analysis:
After graduating with high honors from Payson High School in Utah, Tyler Batty earned a three-star recruiting ranking. He was named first-team all-region, all-valley, and all-state honorable mention before committing to BYU for the 2020 season. After the COVID-19-shortened four-game freshman season, Batty played out the rest of his collegiate career at BYU and compiled 224 tackles (122 solo), 34 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, two interceptions, two passes defensed, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. After his redshirt senior season, he declared for the NFL draft and will play his rookie season at age 25.
Batty played in multiple fronts for BYU’s defense and aligned at EDGE in a four-down defensive front and a 3-4 defensive end. He’s a thick-built defensive end with good length and power in his upper half to extend and deliver powerful strikes at the point of attack. He pops up out of his stance too frequently and can get overwhelmed by powerful tackles who get inside his chest or throw him around. The longer the block goes on, the more likely Batty ends up on the bad end; adding more sand in the pants can help his base stand up to the NFL power he’ll see. The poor pad level inhibits his anchor, and double teams regularly drive him out of gaps.
When he’s playing closer to five-tech and sets an edge with proper extension, he shows strength in his length and holds up better. He plays with a good motor, and in pursuit and on the backside of plays, he works to find the football and get to the ball carrier. Taking on pullers, he’s aggressive and delivers punishing blows getting down the line.
As a pass rusher, Batty doesn’t blow you away with quick wins and sack numbers, but he uses speed to power and power in his strikes to collapse pockets, driving linemen into the backfield. He needs to improve his hand speed to disengage with blockers to get to other moves and win rush reps more efficiently. He rushes like a smaller, leaner defender with too many euro step and spin attempts that aren’t effective at his size. When he does win around the edge, he doesn’t have the ankle flexion to corner and get down the line, which limits the different ways he can threaten blockers. He’ll have to improve his first-step explosion to go speed-to-power more frequently to be the best rusher he can be at the next level.
Batty projects best as an early-down run defender in a 4-3 defense. He needs to improve his double-team anchor to have inside versatility. His pass-rush profile limits his upside at the next level.
Prospect Projection: Day 3 — Role Specific Contributor
Written By: Daniel Harms
Exposures: Kansas (2024), Arizona State (2024), SMU (2024), Arizona (2024)
