National Football League

Bills sign 6th-round draft pick, LB Batten

Published Jun. 3, 2010 7:55 p.m. ET

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The Buffalo Bills have signed linebacker Danny Batten, the second of two players the team selected in the sixth round of the NFL draft.

Chosen 192nd overall out of South Dakota State, Batten was the All-Missouri Valley Conference co-defensive player of the year last season. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 254 pounds, he was credited with 274 tackles and 23 sacks in 46 career games, including 45 starts.

Batten becomes the second of Buffalo's nine draft picks to sign with the team.