Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2013 Football Roster
Roster
Batties, Ed

Jersey Number 80
Ed Batties
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fresno, TX
- High School:
- Hightower
Bio
Honors: 2015 – Voted Second Team All-C-USA … Named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
2015: Played and started in all 13 games … Finished with a career-best 82 receptions for a personal-high 1,048 yards and a school record 13 touchdowns … Became just third player in MT history to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season … Ranked eighth nationally in touchdown receptions and 21st in receptions per game … Had four 100-yard receiving games and hauled in eight or more catches five times … Led team with eight receptions for 123 yards and two touchdowns in win over Jackson State … Hauled in five passes for 120 yards and a school record tying three touchdowns against Charlotte … Set a new school record with 13 catches at Illinois for 175 yards and two scores … Registered 10 receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown against Vanderbilt … Hauled in nine passes and a touchdown at WKU … Registered nine grabs for 111 yards and two touchdowns at LA Tech … Had four catches for 88 yards and a touchdown against Marshall … Turned in four receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown against North Texas … Had six catches for 82 yards at UTSA … Turned in five receptions for 88 yards in bowl loss to Western Michigan.
2014: Played in all 12 games and had 11 starts … Paced the team in receptions with 45 for 474 yards and three touchdowns … Had an 8.6 yard punt return average to rank 32nd nationally … His 698 snaps played led all receivers … Was second on the team with 11 plays of 20 or more yards … Led team with four grabs in his first collegiate game against Savannah State to go along with a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown … Also led the team with seven receptions at Minnesota … Hauled in the game-winning touchdown catch in the third overtime against WKU from 25 yards … Had seven receptions for 48 yards in win at ODU … Had five grabs vs USM … Reeled in a career-high eight passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns against FIU … Registered his second straight eight-catch game in win over FAU.
2013: Took a redshirt year.
Kilgore College: Named a second team NJCAA All-American in 2012 while also garnering all-conference honors ... Led team with 67 receptions for 976 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore ... Ranked 9th in NJCAA in receiving yards per game and 7th in touchdowns ... Hauled in nine catches for 93 yards and a score his freshman season.
High School: Played at Hightower High School where he lettered in football and basketball ... Earned all-district and all-area honors as a junior and senior ... As a senior, he had 15 touchdown receptions and four more on the ground.
Personal: Ed’Marques Marquell Batties ... Parents: Eddie and Patricia Batties ... Born: 11/21/91 … Major: Liberal Studies (earned degree in Fall 2015).
2015: Played and started in all 13 games … Finished with a career-best 82 receptions for a personal-high 1,048 yards and a school record 13 touchdowns … Became just third player in MT history to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season … Ranked eighth nationally in touchdown receptions and 21st in receptions per game … Had four 100-yard receiving games and hauled in eight or more catches five times … Led team with eight receptions for 123 yards and two touchdowns in win over Jackson State … Hauled in five passes for 120 yards and a school record tying three touchdowns against Charlotte … Set a new school record with 13 catches at Illinois for 175 yards and two scores … Registered 10 receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown against Vanderbilt … Hauled in nine passes and a touchdown at WKU … Registered nine grabs for 111 yards and two touchdowns at LA Tech … Had four catches for 88 yards and a touchdown against Marshall … Turned in four receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown against North Texas … Had six catches for 82 yards at UTSA … Turned in five receptions for 88 yards in bowl loss to Western Michigan.
2014: Played in all 12 games and had 11 starts … Paced the team in receptions with 45 for 474 yards and three touchdowns … Had an 8.6 yard punt return average to rank 32nd nationally … His 698 snaps played led all receivers … Was second on the team with 11 plays of 20 or more yards … Led team with four grabs in his first collegiate game against Savannah State to go along with a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown … Also led the team with seven receptions at Minnesota … Hauled in the game-winning touchdown catch in the third overtime against WKU from 25 yards … Had seven receptions for 48 yards in win at ODU … Had five grabs vs USM … Reeled in a career-high eight passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns against FIU … Registered his second straight eight-catch game in win over FAU.
2013: Took a redshirt year.
Kilgore College: Named a second team NJCAA All-American in 2012 while also garnering all-conference honors ... Led team with 67 receptions for 976 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore ... Ranked 9th in NJCAA in receiving yards per game and 7th in touchdowns ... Hauled in nine catches for 93 yards and a score his freshman season.
High School: Played at Hightower High School where he lettered in football and basketball ... Earned all-district and all-area honors as a junior and senior ... As a senior, he had 15 touchdown receptions and four more on the ground.
Personal: Ed’Marques Marquell Batties ... Parents: Eddie and Patricia Batties ... Born: 11/21/91 … Major: Liberal Studies (earned degree in Fall 2015).
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