Danny Batten (American football)

**Danny Batten**
Personal information
No. 57 Buffalo Bills
Linebacker
Date of birth: December 8, 1987 (1987-12-08) (age 24)
Place of birth: Gilbert, Arizona
High School: Mesquite HS
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
College: South Dakota State
NFL Draft: 2010 / Round: 6 / Pick: 192
No regular season or postseason appearances



Career history
Buffalo Bills (2010-present)
Career highlights and awards
N/A
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011
Tackles	24
Sacks	0.5
Interceptions	0

Danny Batten (born December 8, 1987 in Gilbert, Arizona) is an American football linebacker currently playing for the Buffalo Bills. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills out of South Dakota State, the first Jackrabbit to be drafted since Steve Heiden was drafted in 1999 NFL Draft. Batten is engaged to college sweetheart, Liz Herrity.

1 College career
2 Professional career
- 2.1 Buffalo Bills
3 References
4 External links

College career

Batten played in all 46 games at defensive end in his four years at South Dakota State, starting 45 of the games. In 2009, his senior season, he was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year after finishing with 86 tackles, 9 sacks, and 25 QB pressures.^[1]

Professional career

Buffalo Bills

Batten signed a four-year deal with the Bills on June 3, 2010. He has switched from defensive end to outside linebacker with the Bills. On August 22, he was placed on Injured Reserve with a shoulder injury, effectively ending his rookie season.^[2]

References

External links

Buffalo Bills bio

Buffalo Bills 2010 NFL Draft selections

C. J. Spiller Torell Troup Alex Carrington Marcus Easley Ed Wang Arthur Moats Danny Batten Levi Brown Kyle Calloway

Buffalo Bills current roster

Active roster	4 Tyler Thigpen \| 8 Brian Moorman \| 10 Brandon Coutu \| 13 Steve Johnson \| 14 Ryan Fitzpatrick \| 16 Brad Smith \| 18 Naaman Roosevelt \| 20 Johnny White \| 21 Leodis McKelvin \| 23 Aaron Williams \| 25 Da'Norris Searcy \| 26 Justin Rogers \| 27 Reggie Corner \| 28 C. J. Spiller \| 29 Drayton Florence \| 30 Tashard Choice \| 31 Jairus Byrd \| 37 George Wilson \| 38 Corey McIntyre \| 43 Bryan Scott \| 47 Joshua Nesbitt \| 50 Nick Barnett \| 52 Arthur Moats \| 54 Andra Davis \| 55 Kelvin Sheppard \| 57 Danny Batten \| 58 Kirk Morrison \| 60 Kraig Urbik \| 65 Garrison Sanborn \| 67 Andy Levitre \| 69 Michael Jasper \| 71 Sam Young \| 72 Kellen Heard \| 73 Jarron Gilbert \| 74 Colin Brown \| 75 Chris Hairston \| 75 Chris Hairston \| 76 Chad Rinehart \| 77 Demetrius Bell \| 79 Erik Pears \| 80 Derek Hagan \| 82 Ruvell Martin \| 84 Scott Chandler \| 86 David Nelson \| 87 Kevin Brock \| 88 Kamar Aiken \| 89 Fendi Onobun \| 90 Chris Kelsay \| 91 Spencer Johnson \| 92 Alex Carrington \| 94 Kyle Moore \| 97 Lionel Dotson \| 98 Dwan Edwards \| 99 Marcell Dareus

Reserve lists	3 Dave Rayner (IR) \| 9 Rian Lindell (IR) \| 11 Roscoe Parrish (IR) \| 19 Donald Jones (IR) \| 22 Fred Jackson (IR) \| 24 Terrence McGee (IR) \| 33 Jon Corto (IR) \| 36 Bruce Hall (IR) \| 51 Chris White (IR) \| 53 Reggie Torbor (IR) \| 56 Shawne Merriman (IR) \| 70 Eric Wood (IR) \| 81 Marcus Easley (IR) \| 83 Mike Caussin (IR) \| 85 Lee Smith (IR) \| 95 Kyle Williams (IR) \| 96 Torell Troup (IR)

Practice squad	15 David Gilreath \| 17 Tim Toone \| 44 Prince Miller \| 46 Doyle Miller \| 48 Robert Eddins \| 62 Jake Vermiglio \| 68 Keith Williams \| 93 Jay Ross

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Persondata
Name	Batten, Danny
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Date of birth	December 8, 1987
Place of birth	Gilbert, Arizona
Date of death
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