{{Short description|American football player (born 1987)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL player |name=Danny Batten |number=57 |position=Defensive end |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1987|12|8}} |birth_place=Gilbert, Arizona, U.S. |high_school=Mesquite (Gilbert) |height_ft=6 |height_in=4 |weight_lbs=250 |college=South Dakota State |draftyear=2010 |draftround=6 |draftpick=192 |pastteams= * Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|2010|2011}}) |statlabel1=Total tackles |statvalue1=25 |statlabel2=Sacks |statvalue2=0.5 |statlabel3=Fumble recoveries |statvalue3=1 |pfr=BattDa99 }} '''Danny Batten''' (born December 8, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits and was selected by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
== College career == Batten played in all 46 games at defensive end in his four years at South Dakota State University, 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.<ref>{{Citation |date=May 24, 2010 |title=Batten drafted in sixth round by Bills|url=http://www.gojacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=64624&SPID=7153&DB_OEM_ID=15000&ATCLID=204935794}}</ref>
== Professional career == The first Jackrabbit to be drafted since Steve Heiden was selected in 1999 NFL draft,{{Cn|date=June 2025}} Batten signed a four-year deal with the Bills on June 3, 2010. He had 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5485436|title=Bills rookies Easley, Batten done for season|date=23 August 2010}}</ref>
He was released by the Bills on August 26, 2012.
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== External links == * [http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/Danny-Batten/720559f3-70a4-4d92-a049-664577fad3b6 Buffalo Bills bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701050102/http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/Danny-Batten/720559f3-70a4-4d92-a049-664577fad3b6 |date=2010-07-01 }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Batten, Danny}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:American football linebackers Category:Buffalo Bills players Category:South Dakota State Jackrabbits football players Category:Players of American football from Gilbert, Arizona