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10/28/24
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Tyler Batty 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For BYU Cougars DL
Height: 6050 (unofficial)
Weight: 275 (unofficial)
Year: Fifth Year Senior
Pro Comparison: Deatrich Wise
Scouting Overview
BYU Cougars defensive lineman Tyler Batty is a powerful presence along the front. He should be considered a high-floor player at the NFL level. He’s got the frame and the power to dictate terms when tasked with resetting the line of scrimmage.
A 4-year starter, Batty’s instincts are a plus quality that should afford him an easier transition to the NFL than some. Batty is an older player thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic’s extra eligibility and a two-year mission served during his time at BYU, making him a physically mature defender who should appeal to gap control fronts and teams who can envision keeping Batty living overtop of offensive tackles with his alignment.
He’s found some solid production rushing the passer in the past several seasons, but Batty’s best qualities will shine on early downs as a pro.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Tremendous instincts and feel of run schemes and developing blocks at the point of attack
- Powerful finisher as a tackler who can be a tone-setting player along the front in the run game
- Anchor to hold the point of attack is stout and gives him scheme versatility on early downs
Negatives
- Lacks the first-step explosiveness or efficiency to be a potent threat rushing the passer off the edge
- Tall frame offers some limitations with flexibility and the ability to corner through tight spaces or steep angles
- Pass rush variety is limited due to movement skills and explosiveness
Background
Tyler Batty played his high school football at Payson HS in Payson, UT. There, he was a 3-star recruit (247 Sports) who also received offers from Utah, Utah State, and Air Force before enrolling at BYU as a member of the 2017 recruiting class. As a part of Batty’s commitments to the university, he served a full-time mission in Malaga and Madrid, Spain, from 2017 to 2019 before beginning his football career during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season.
By 2021, Batty was a starter for the Cougars program and steadily became an impactful player in all phases during his four years as a starter. Batty, born on May 2, 2000, will be a 25-year-old rookie this upcoming season due to his Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission and the extra year of eligibility from the pandemic.
Tale Of The Tape
Batty is an impressive physical specimen who is hard to miss along the defensive front. He’s long, dense, and powerful throughout his frame. Thanks to his powerful hands, needed length, and ability to hold the point of attack, Batty looks like a gap-control defender at the NFL level.
His pass-rush profile at BYU is impactful, but the run reps are where Batty pops off the film. It is easy to appreciate how quickly he diagnoses blocks, how well he anticipates ball carrier cuts, and how swiftly he can dart laterally to flash and react to challenge the ball.
If aligned over a tight end in the run game, expect rousing success. Batty mauls skill players who attempt to block him and constantly press back the point of attack to force early cuts from ball carriers. Against offensive tackles, Batty shows good punch timing, hand placement, and shock through his frame to jolt blockers and create statements.
He’s quick to extend and separate his chest — a must, given his natural lack of leverage, thanks to his stature. He is generally refined and precise in these areas, which is to be expected given his maturity as a 24-year-old fifth-year senior in 2024.
His lateral mobility is capable of crashing down several gaps, but it would be better described as fluid as compared to dynamic. Batty doesn’t necessarily offer a lot of quick twitch and explosiveness in his movement skills — a byproduct of just how large he is with a tall frame and higher hips.
With that in mind, he is a player who performs better in linear situations — both in the run game and as a pass catcher. Stacking the point of attack or attempting to rush with power to collapse the edge are his hallmarks. You do see him break out a euro-chop counter to run inside against tackles, which set up too deep, and he can take advantage of those situations thanks to the shallower angles he uses to press to the quarterback. Otherwise, he’s looking to walk you back into the pocket, and he is certainly capable of doing that.
The variety of his rush moves is modest, however. Batty has the feel of a player who could be better served rushing inside and giving a more dynamic threat the edge to rush from. Batty doesn’t time his first step all that well from the wide-angled 2-point stance BYU has had him using. Even if he did, he simply doesn’t have the explosiveness to overtake tackles with speed.
That lack of spring extends to the run game if teams try to option off of him and force him to make quick, reactive decisions on the edge. His ability to flash and mirror smaller players in space is modest due to his high center of gravity and lack of dynamic flexibility in the lower half.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Batty has a few different avenues to a productive life in the NFL, but I would love to see him bulked up to play as a reduced, odd front end who plays over tackles and in a 4i alignment.
There, his run instincts could afford great value without compromising the ceiling of an overall pass-rush group. Batty can be an NFL starter in this role; if he stays at a leaner weight, he’s likely to be an early down rotational defender.
Grade: 73.50/100.00, Fourth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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