Football - 2002 Profile - Guilford College

O.J. Batts

DB, Sr., 5-8, 180, Wallace, NC

A heady and physical defensive back. could move from cornerback to safety for his senior season. team leader and regular special-teams player. needs four interceptions to break the school record for career thefts. he concludes his Guilford career with 220 tackles (141 solo) and 15 interceptions in 40 games (37 starts). earned Guilford's Golden Helmet Award (the team's top honor) in 2002. led the team in pass breakups all four seasons and totalled 38 deflections in his career. 2003: He earned First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors this season. the senior led Guilford and ranks seventh in the ODAC with a career-high 69 tackles (48 solo). topped the Quakers' tacklers a team-best four times and had three contests with 10 or more stops, including a personal-best 12-stop effort against Ferrum. he played cornerback for his whole career before switching to safety midway through 2003 to fill in for the injured starter. led the Quakers with six pass breakups and recorded his lone interception in the Guilford's win over Methodist. he also made 10 tackles in the game and garnered the ODAC's Defensive Player of the Week prize for his efforts. 2002: Honorable mention All-ODAC pick. received the Golden-Helmet Award for modeling the highest ideals of Guilford football. led the team in pass deflections for the third straight season. ranked fourth in tackles. team captain. 2001: Second team All-ODAC honoree. shared the league's interceptions lead. made four picks inside the Quakers' five-yard line. made a career-high 11 tackles versus Hampden-Sydney. broke up a personal-best six passes at Greensboro. 2000: Guilford's top rookie tackler. ranked second in the league with five interceptions. named to d3football.com's Team of the Week and the ODAC's Defensive Player of the Week after a school-record three-interception performance at Randolph-Macon. also forced a fumble that led to a Quakers' score in the win. Personal: Has played junior varsity basketball at Guilford. two-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll. rushed for 1,090 yards and 11 TDs as a senior quarterback at Rose Hill H.S. for Guilford Athletics Hall of Famer Jack Holley '63. earned All-East Central 2-A Conference laurels. born 10/29/81. son of Ogden and Arlatha Batts. computer information systems major.