Player Dossier

2019-2023

Notre Dame

Javontae Jean-Baptiste

DL • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Oradell, NJ, USA

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Javontae Jean-Baptiste shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

75%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

92

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State • Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Player Story

Javontae Jean-Baptiste built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Oradell, NJ wearing No. 1, spending time with Notre Dame and Ohio State. The clearest part of Javontae...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9168

Bergen Catholic · Oradell, NJ

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 2
Overall
No. 222
NFL Team
Washington

Javontae Jean-Baptiste, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Notre Dame. Javontae Jean-Baptiste shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
19.5
Sacks
12.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Javontae Jean-Baptiste quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · DL
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Toledo
Recruit profile
4-star · Bergen Catholic · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Bergen Catholic · 37 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 7 · Pick 2 · Washington
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
46 tackles · DL 45th (top 5%) · FBS Independents 19th (top 10%) · National 708th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State7141.51.5--014.5
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State46211-037.6
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State10142.51.531030.1
2022 PostseasonOhio State1010.50.5--026.6
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State10163.53--026.6
2023 PostseasonNotre Dame122111-072.6
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12448.5471072.6

Related Context

Javontae Jean-Baptiste played DL for Ohio State and Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Javontae Jean-Baptiste recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 23.5 primary output with 35.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Notre Dame.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.0

Efficiency

35.5

Usage

11.8

Consistency

56.4

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 3. Tennessee State: 1. Navy: 1. NC State: 0. Ohio State: 1. Duke: 3. Louisville: 0. USC: 2.5. Pittsburgh: 1. Clemson: 3.5. Wake Forest: 3.5. Stanford: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 2 by 38.3. Tennessee State: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 4 by 26.7. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Ohio State: 8 by 43.3. Duke: 3 by 42.5. Louisville: 5 by 20.8. USC: 2 by 33.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2. Clemson: 5 by 55.8. Wake Forest: 5 by 55.8. Stanford: 3 by 52.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.1 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Wake Forest

Result
Fri 12/29vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 40-821110
Sun 11/26@ StanfordSplash gameW 56-23322.501.500
Sat 11/18vs Wake ForestSplash gameW 45-7541.5010
Sat 11/4@ ClemsonSplash gameL 23-31522.5010
Sat 10/28vs PittsburghW 58-711000
Sat 10/14vs USCSplash gameW 48-20200.5000
Sat 10/7@ LouisvilleL 20-3351000
Sat 9/30@ DukeSplash gameW 21-14300.500.501
Sat 9/23vs Ohio StateL 14-1783000
Sat 9/9@ NC StateW 45-2451000
Sat 9/2vs Tennessee StateW 56-332000
Sat 8/26vs NavyW 42-342100

Player Story

Javontae Jean-Baptiste story

Javontae Jean-Baptiste built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Oradell, NJ wearing No. 1, spending time with Notre Dame and Ohio State. The clearest part of Javontae Jean-Baptiste's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Javontae Jean-Baptiste's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Notre Dame

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State312.62.8
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State416.35.91
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State813.84.64
2022 PostseasonOhio State7.514.66-0.5
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State7.514.660
2023 PostseasonNotre Dame23.535.511.816
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame23.535.511.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Toledo

Week 3 · W 77-21

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Stanford

Week 13 · W 56-23

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 45-7

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 10 · L 23-31

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 2 · L 28-35

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Notre Dame

23.5 primary output · 35.5 efficiency · 11.8 usage

72.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

72.6

23.5 primary · 35.5 efficiency · 11.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

37.6

4 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

12

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games