Deshaun Batiste

Senior defensive end for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DE · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 258 lb · New Orleans, LA · John F. Kennedy

CFB Index 54 · #184 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Florida Atlantic for 2026

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Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs Florida InternationalFAU StadiumFlorida Atlantic by 7

How he projects

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Grades highest in play recognition and tackling.

The full scouting read

Recruiting

DL recruit

Signed with Troy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed with Troy in 2023.
Transferred from Tulane to Florida Atlantic in 2025.

His career, year by year

Deshaun Batiste

DE · Florida Atlantic · Sr · #5

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Across three seasons and three programs, two head coaches: Jon Sumrall and Zach Kittley. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Florida A&M, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #184 of 420?

Medium confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Road6g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #184 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #184 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #4 of 9 American Athletic DEs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Florida Atlantic	23	11	4.0	4.0	--	--	--
2024	Tulane	10	8	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Troy	8	4	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		41	23	7.0	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 56–14

vs Florida A&M

1 QB HUR · 4 TOT

Dominant 42-point win at home against Florida A&M.

With C. Veltkamp — 309 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · L. Lupo — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 7-39@ Maryland	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Florida A&M	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	L 28-38@ Florida International	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 26-55vs Memphis	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	W 27-21@ Rice	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 53-33vs UAB	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 13-48@ South Florida	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 32-42@ Navy	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 40-21vs Tulsa	4	4	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 12	L 24-35@ Tulane	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	L 45-48vs UConn	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		23	11	4.0	4.0	—

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

23Tackles

11Solo

4TFL

4Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 31 sack
Week 50.5 sacks
Week 112 sacks
Week 120.5 sacks

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Florida Atlantic

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Florida Atlantic

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -8 net (22 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida Atlantic · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #130

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Antonio Showers’s 2022 season.

Antonio Showers

78%match

Troy · 2022

Joe Evans

Iowa · 2022

All-Big Ten

75%

Kaimon Rucker

North Carolina · 2021

75%

Drew Beesley

Michigan State · 2021

74%

Derrick Moore

Michigan · 2023

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 12

74%

Matches Antonio on

Sack rate

Height

Weight

Differs from Antonio on

Pressure-to-sack conversion (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Camron Cooper's junior season at UTSA (2024).

Camron Cooper

83%match

UTSA · 2024

Sebastian Cheeks

Wisconsin · 2024

77%

Grant Lyons

Miami (OH) · 2025

76%

Maurice Westmoreland

UTEP · 2024

All-Conference USA

76%

Darius Hodges

Tulane · 2022

All-AAC

75%

Matches Camron on

Class year

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Deshaun Batiste

Logan Lutui

BYU · 2024

76%

DeSean Brown

Oklahoma State · 2024

74%

Bryce Davis

Duke · 2025

69%

Background

At Florida Atlantic Senior (2026) Junior (2025) Joined the Owls in the summer of 2025 Added a tackle assist in the Owls' season opener at Maryland Recorded five tackles, including a sack for a loss of 32 yards and a forced fumble in the Owls' 56-14 win over FAMU Credited with a solo tackle in his...

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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Deshaun Batiste

20233 games

20247 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

Players who play like Deshaun Batiste

Background

The secondary · Florida Atlantic