O.J. Batts

DB, So., 5-10, 170, Wallace, NC

One of Guilford’s top returning defenders… could see time at outside linebacker in the Quakers’ new defensive scheme…2001: Started and played in all 10 games... second team All-ODAC selection... shared the league lead in interceptions with five and finished sixth on the team with 56 tackles (36 solo)... made four of his interceptions in Guilford territory, including one in the Quakers' end zone and three inside the Quakers' five-yard line... led Guilford with 14 pass deflections and registered a career-high 11 tackles versus Hampden-Sydney September 22... had six stops and a career-best six breakups the following week against Greensboro...2000: Finished fourth on the team in tackles, first among freshmen… led Guilford and ranked second in the ODAC with five interceptions… paced the Quakers with nine pass deflections… earned the ODAC’s Defensive Player of the Week Award for October 7 thanks to a school-record three-interception performance in Guilford’s win over Randolph-Macon… also forced a fumble, which led to a Quakers’ score… named to d3football.com’s Team of the Week for the same time… made a career-high nine tackles versus Ferrum (7 solo)… Personal: Named to Guilford’s Fall 2000 Student-Athlete Honor Roll… played scholastically at Wallace-Rose Hill H.S. for Guilford Athletics Hall of Fame member Jack Holley ‘63… scholastic teammate of fellow Quakers Travis and Delvin Newkirk.