2023: Lead kick returner and part of deep running back corps … fourth in the SEC in kickoff return average (23.0) … now has more than 2,000 career rushing yards (1,842 at USF; 227 at Auburn) … rushed for 31 yards vs. UMass and added 86 yards on three kick returns … three kick returns gained 58 yards at Cal … leading rusher at Texas A&M with 59 yards rushing on 8 carries and 2 receptions for 23 yards … rushed for 35 yards and had 3 catches for 18 yards against Georgia … season-long 39-yard kick return at Vanderbilt … … all-SEC (CFN, Phil Steele 2nd tm KR)

Before Auburn: Running back transfer from USF … consensus All-America at kick returner in 2021, earning first team honors from Walter Camp, FWAA, Phil Steele, Pro Football Network, Action Network and Bleacher Report … in 31 games played at USF, gained 1,427 yards in kick returns, including 650 yards and three scores in 2021 … rushed for 1,842 career yards and 10 TD at USF, including 1,186 yards in 2022 … second team all-AAC … played for Coach Spencer Hodges at Sarasota High his senior season after originally playing for Sarasota as a sophomore … played for Braden River High as a junior and freshman … rushed for 4,542 yards and 62 touchdowns in his final three prep seasons … as a senior, rushed for 1,182 yards and 15 touchdowns in nine games … as a junior, ran for 2,133 yards (seventh among Florida backs at all levels) on 249 carries (8.6 ypc) at Braden River

Personal: Birthday is September 27 ... son of Tommie Battie III and Adriene Battie ... has three siblings: Tommie IV, Sydnie and Adriana ... enjoys fishing ... studying in the College of Liberal Arts