Deshaun Batiste

At Florida Atlantic 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 FIU start Collected three tackles, including a sack assists for a loss of seven yards versus Memphis Ended his night in Houston with two tackles in the Owls' 27-21 win over Rice Drew a start and added a tackle assist in the Owls' 53-33 win over UAB Had two tackle assists at No. 19 South Florida Started and recorded a solo tackle at undefeated Navy Active on the edge with four tackles including two sacks for a loss of 12 yards and added a quarterback hurry in the Owls' 40-21 win over Tulsa Started and collected three tackle assists at Tulane Added a solo tackle and a quarterback hurry versus UConn At Tulane Sophomore (2024) Saw action in 12 games tallying a total of 10 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss of eight yards with two of those yards coming via an assisted sack Credited with a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble At Troy Freshman (2023) Recorded eight total tackles in five games, including an assisted tackle for a loss of a half yard as well as a quarterback hurry High School Two-time all-state and three-time all-district selection at John F. Kennedy High School for Head Coach Lynarise Elpheage Sr. Named the District MVP twice and was also a two-time defensive player of the year honoree Helped lead the Cougars to an 11-2 record as a senior and to the Louisiana 3A State Championship Game Finished with 71 tackles and 18 sacks as a senior Recorded 22 sacks as a junior with John F. Kennedy playing up a class in 4A Three-sport athlete (football, baseball and basketball) Personal Born on December 16, 2003 Majoring in professional studies Grandson of Deborah Batiste, son of Tara Batiste