Tyler Batty
American football player (born 1999)
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Tyler Batty (born May 2, 1999) is an American professional football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars.
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Payson, Utah, U.S.
Batty with the BYU Cougars in 2024 | |||||
| No. 96 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||
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| Born | May 2, 1999 Payson, Utah, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Payson (UT) | ||||
| College | BYU (2020–2024) | ||||
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted | ||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||
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Early life
Batty attended Payson High School in Payson, Utah, and committed to play college football for the BYU Cougars.[1]
College career
In his first three seasons from 2020 to 2022, Batty recorded 108 tackles with 17.5 being for a loss, nine and a half sacks, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble.[2] In week 3 of the 2023 season, he notched nine tackles with one and a half being for a loss, a sack and a half, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery as he helped BYU beat Arkansas 38-31.[3] For his performance, Batty was named the Big 12 Conference defensive player of the week.[4] In the regular season finale versus Oklahoma State, he gained 36 yards on a fake punt reception.[5] Batty finished the 2023 season notching 57 tackles with nine going for a loss, five and a half sacks, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery,[6] earning second-team all-Big 12 honors.[7]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 5+5⁄8 in (1.97 m) | 271 lb (123 kg) | 33+1⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.78 s | 1.69 s | 2.81 s | 4.54 s | 7.21 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 27 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[8][9] | ||||||||||||
Batty signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2025.[10] He began the regular season on injured reserve due to a knee injury suffered in the preseason. Batty was activated on October 19, and made his NFL debut against the Philadelphia Eagles; the Vikings had him lie down sideways in front of Eagles center Cam Jurgens prior to the snap in an attempt to thwart Philadelphia's controversial Tush Push.[11][12]