Javontae Jean-Baptiste

DE, OLB · Notre Dame

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Week 0: In Notre Dame's 42-3 crushing of Navy, Jean-Baptiste played 25 snaps, about half of the Fighting Irish's total number of plays (55) on defense. He notched three tackles (two stops) and didn't record a sack or a pressure.  

HISTORY — from college profile

2023: Transferred from Ohio State to Notre Dame in January. Will be a sixth-year graduate student in 2023.

—at Ohio State—

2019-2022: Played in 45 games for the Buckeyes over four seasons, including 13 games in 2022 and 2021, six of eight games in 2020 and all 14 games as a redshirt freshman in 2019... Earned his first two collegiate starts in 2020: vs. Rutgers and vs. Alabama in the CFP championship game... Has recorded 53 career tackles with 11.0 tackles-for-loss, including 8.0 quarterback sacks... Has sacks against Toledo, Iowa and Georgia in 2022, Maryland and Nebraska in 2021, Penn State in 2020 and vs. Indiana and Miami (Ohio) back-to-back in 2019... Has a personal best of four tackles in 2019 vs. Northwestern... Redshirted as a true freshman in 2018.

High school: Attended Bergan Catholic HighSchool (Oradell, NJ)... A four-star prospect and top-10 rated prospect (No. 6) in the state of New Jersey as a senior.. Helped Bergan Catholic High School win the non-public Group IV state title as a senior... Played for Nunzio Campanile, the tight ends coach at Rutgers... First team all-New Jersey and NJ.com’s Defensive Player of the Year... In the state championship game, had two sacks, two TFLs, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in a 44-7 win over St. Peter’s Prep... Contributed two sacks against Mater Dei, the nation’s No. 1-ranked team... Keyed a fourth-quarter come-from-behind win over rival Don Bosco Prep with a tackle for loss on a third-and-short late in the third quarter... Two sacks and a forced fumble in a win over defending state champion Paramus Catholic... Finished his senior season with 88 tackles, 14.5 TFL and 11.5 sacks.

PERSONAL

Parents are Lisa Milhouse and Jerry Jean-Baptiste... Graduated in 2022 with his degree from Ohio State in human development and family sciences.

 

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Height: 6046
Weight: 255
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