Receiver, Penn State, 2005–⁠08

Deon Butler

Born
Jan 4, 1986

Deon Butler played receiver at Penn State (2005–⁠08). The Seattle Seahawks took Butler in round 3, No. 91 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
810
Receiving yards, 2008 (Penn State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 91
Round 3, 2009 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Career highs

11catches, career highvs. Northwestern, 2006216receiving yards, career highvs. Northwestern, 20063receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Michigan State, 2008

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2005 and 2008

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Penn State3769118.7954
2006Penn State4863713.3255
2007Penn State4763313.5445
2008Penn State4781017.2770
Career1792,77115.52270

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Penn State 13 games, 47 catches, 810 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Coastal CarolinaW 66–⁠10229015–
Sep 6vs.Oregon StateW 45–⁠14124024–
Sep 13atSyracuseW 55–⁠137110228–
Sep 20vs.TempleW 45–⁠3466049–
Sep 27vs.IllinoisW 38–⁠24243024–
Oct 4atPurdueW 20–⁠6339023–
Oct 11atWisconsinW 48–⁠73701445
Oct 18vs.MichiganW 46–⁠178105025–
Oct 25atOhio StateW 13–⁠621107–
Nov 8atIowaL 23–⁠24327013–
Nov 15vs.IndianaW 34–⁠7556116–
Nov 22vs.Michigan StateW 49–⁠183133370–
Jan 1 ✦vs.USCL 24–⁠38497035–
2007 Penn State 13 games, 47 catches, 633 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Florida InternationalW 59–⁠0366037–
Sep 8vs.Notre DameW 31–⁠10116016−11
Sep 15vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠24572045–
Sep 22atMichiganL 9–⁠14330019–
Sep 29atIllinoisL 20–⁠27448016–
Oct 6vs.IowaW 27–⁠7355037–
Oct 13vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠7793129–
Oct 20atIndianaW 36–⁠31438014–
Oct 27vs.Ohio StateL 17–⁠371505–
Nov 3vs.PurdueW 26–⁠19440023–
Nov 10atTempleW 31–⁠0543114–
Nov 17atMichigan StateL 31–⁠35368137–
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 24–⁠17459130–
2006 Penn State 12 games, 48 catches, 637 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.AkronW 34–⁠16250142–
Sep 9atNotre DameL 17–⁠41214112–
Sep 16vs.Youngstown StateW 37–⁠3231016−3
Sep 23atOhio StateL 6–⁠28217011–
Sep 30vs.NorthwesternW 33–⁠711216055–
Oct 7atMinnesotaW 28–⁠27666018–
Oct 14vs.MichiganL 10–⁠17320011–
Oct 21vs.IllinoisW 26–⁠12565024–
Oct 28atPurdueW 12–⁠031506–
Nov 4atWisconsinL 3–⁠13540014–
Nov 18vs.Michigan StateW 17–⁠13430013–
Jan 1 ✦vs.TennesseeW 20–⁠10373031–
2005 Penn State 11 games, 37 catches, 691 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 10vs.CincinnatiW 42–⁠24273145–
Sep 17vs.Central MichiganW 40–⁠35108254–
Sep 24atNorthwesternW 34–⁠29461126–
Oct 1vs.MinnesotaW 44–⁠14683027–
Oct 8vs.Ohio StateW 17–⁠10330013–
Oct 15atMichiganL 25–⁠271606–
Oct 22atIllinoisW 63–⁠10495231–
Oct 29vs.PurdueW 33–⁠15251044–
Nov 5vs.WisconsinW 35–⁠145125247–
Nov 19atMichigan StateW 31–⁠224461196
Jan 3 ✦vs.Florida StateW 26–⁠23113013–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009
Height5′10⅜″
Weight182 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.47 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.48 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009Seattle Seahawks14300
2010Seattle Seahawks13100
2011Seattle Seahawks4–00
NFL career31400

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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