{"id":175723,"date":"2023-01-03T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ohio-state-defensive-end-javontae-jean-baptiste-enters-transfer-portal\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:33:00","slug":"ohio-state-defensive-end-javontae-jean-baptiste-enters-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ohio-state-defensive-end-javontae-jean-baptiste-enters-transfer-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Defensive End Javontae Jean-Baptiste Enters Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Javontae Jean-Baptiste is looking to finish his college football career outside of Columbus. <\/p>\n
\tFresh off a career-best campaign in a Buckeye uniform, the fifth-year Ohio State senior defensive end entered the transfer portal Monday.\n<\/p>\n
\tAfter entering the program as a four-star recruit out of Oradell, New Jersey, in 2018, Jean-Baptiste worked his way up the ranks to have the most productive season of his career in 2022. The 6-foot-5, 249- pound lineman posted career-high numbers with 19 total tackles, four sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss. Jean-Baptiste was even credited with a half sack in the second half of Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Georgia.\n<\/p>\n
\tJean-Baptiste had 51 total tackles, eight sacks and 10 tackles for loss in the past four seasons after redshirting his true freshman year in 2018.\n<\/p>\n
\tJean-Baptiste’s sack total was second among all Buckeye defensive ends and third overall on the team this season, but he only received the fourth-most snaps among OSU DEs in the regular season (240) as five-star talents Zach Harrison, JT Tuimoloau and Jack Sawyer all got more playing time.\n<\/p>\n
\tWith both Tuimoloau and Sawyer still only being true juniors by the start of the 2023 season, Jean-Baptiste may find himself a bigger role in a different program for his final year of college eligibility.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Javontae Jean-Baptiste is looking to finish his college football career outside of Columbus. Fresh off a career-best campaign in a Buckeye uniform, the fifth-year Ohio State senior defensive end entered the transfer portal Monday. After entering the program as a four-star recruit out of Oradell, New Jersey, in 2018, Jean-Baptiste worked his way up the …<\/p>\n