#1 Javontae Jean-Baptiste Football Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2023 Sun Bowl Team Captain
• 2023 Notre Dame Nick Pietrosante Spirit of the Game Award
• 2023 The Athletic Freaks List – No. 82

AS A GRADUATE (2023)

• Finished the season as a captain in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl … Played in all 13 games with 12 starts at strong side end … Finished with 49 tackles, 21 solo … Recorded a team-best 10.5 tackles for loss and five sacks ,.. Added a pass breakup and 11 quarterback hurries … Recovered a fumble and forced a fumble … Blocked a field goal against Wake Forest … Returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown in the regular season finale against Stanford
• NAVY (8/26): Made his Irish debut in Dublin, Ireland … Finished with four tackles, two solo in his season debut … Added 1.0 tackles for loss
• TENNESSEE STATE (9/2): Recorded three tackles in the victory … Added a quarterback hurry
• at NORTH CAROLINA STATE (9/9): Totaled five tackles, one solo
• CENTRAL MICHIGAN (9/16): Finished with three tackles, two solo … Added a tackle for loss in the victory … Team-best three quarterback hurries
• OHIO STATE (9/23): Made a season-best eight tackles, three solo … Finished with one quarterback hurry
• at DUKE (9/30): Finished with three assisted tackles in the win … Combined for a sack, dropping Duke for a loss of six … Tipped a pass at the line of scrimmage to have it fall incomplete … Added a quarterback hurry
• at LOUISVILLE (10/7): Recorded five tackles, one solo
• USC (10/14): Finished with a pair of assisted tackles … Recovered a the fumble that was forced by Xavier Watts … Credited with a pair of quarterback hurries … Pivotal piece of the defensive pass rush that led to six sacks, dropping USC for 44 yards lost
• PITTSBURGH (10/28): Finished with a solo tackle in the victory … Added one quarterback hit
• at CLEMSON (11/4): Tallied five tackles, two solo … Recorded a sack, dropping Clemson for an 11-yard loss … Added 2.5 tackles for loss
• WAKE FOREST (11/18): Picked up five tackles, four solo … Recorded a sack for a loss of nine yards … Finished with 1.5 tackles for loss … Blocked a Wake Forest field goal attempt … Added a quarterback hurry
• at STANFORD (11/25): Rallied for three tackles, two solo … Earned 1.5 sacks and added a total of 2.5 tackles for loss … Scored a touchdown after Jason Onye blocked a field goal and he picked up the ball and ran 60 yards, stiff-arming an attempted tackler and tip-toeing the sideline for the score
• TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL VS. OREGON STATE (12/29): Named a team captain for his final game in blue and gold … Recorded a pair of tackles … Added a sack for an eight yard loss … Recorded a forced fumble … Also added a quarterback hurry

PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME

• Graduated in 2022 with his degree from Ohio State in human development and family sciences
• Played in 45 games for the Buckeyes over the past four seasons, including 13 games in 2022 and 2021, six of eight games in 2020 and all 14 games as a redshirt freshman in 2019
• Earned his first two collegiate starts in 2020: vs. Rutgers and vs. Alabama in the CFP championship game
• Has recorded 53 career tackles with 11.0 tackles-for-loss, including 8.0 quarterback sacks
• Has sacks against Toledo, Iowa and Georgia in 2022, Maryland and Nebraska in 2021, Penn State in 2020 and vs. Indiana and Miami (Ohio) back-to-back in 2019
• Has a personal best of four tackles in 2019 vs. Northwestern
• Redshirted as a true freshman in 2018

Honors & Awards
2022: Graduated in May with his degree in human development and family sciences

More on Javontae
• A four-star prospect and top-10 rated prospect (No. 6) in the state of New Jersey as a senior
• Helped Bergan Catholic High School win the non-public Group IV state title as a senior
• Played for Nunzio Campanile, the tight ends coach at Rutgers
• First team all-New Jersey and NJ.com’s Defensive Player of the Year
• In the state championship game, had two sacks, two TFLs, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in a 44-7 win over St. Peter’s Prep
• Contributed two sacks against Mater Dei, the nation’s No. 1-ranked team
• Keyed a fourth-quarter come-from-behind win over rival Don Bosco Prep with a tackle for loss on a third-and-short late in the third quarter
• Two sacks and a forced fumble in a win over defending state champion Paramus Catholic
• Finished his senior season with 88 tackles, 14.5 TFL and 11.5 sacks
• Parents are Lisa Milhouse and Jerry Jean-Baptiste