James Butler

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2017 Iowa 9 games, 396 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	vs.Wyoming	W 24–⁠3	10	47	0	10	–	–
Sep 9	atIowa State	W 44–⁠41	10	37	0	11	1	26
Sep 16	vs.North Texas	W 31–⁠14	16	74	0	12	–	–
Oct 28	vs.Minnesota	W 17–⁠10	11	28	0	7	1	19
Nov 4	vs.Ohio State	W 55–⁠24	10	74	0	53	–	–
Nov 11	atWisconsin	L 14–⁠38	8	30	0	6	1	0
Nov 18	vs.Purdue	L 15–⁠24	7	38	0	25	1	2
Nov 24	atNebraska	W 56–⁠14	9	36	1	12	–	–
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 27–⁠20	10	32	0	13	–	–

2016 Nevada 12 games, 1,336 rushing yards, 12 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	vs.Cal Poly	W 30–⁠27	21	123	2	50	2	−1
Sep 10	atNotre Dame	L 10–⁠39	17	50	0	10	4	48
Sep 17	vs.Buffalo	W 38–⁠14	28	174	3	27	1	5
Sep 24	atPurdue	L 14–⁠24	14	38	0	13	6	44
Oct 1	atHawai’i	L 17–⁠38	21	168	0	55	3	16
Oct 8	vs.Fresno State	W 27–⁠22	37	175	0	17	1	19
Oct 15	atSan José State	L 10–⁠14	20	94	0	18	3	92
Oct 22	vs.Wyoming	L 34–⁠42	14	73	2	15	6	43
Nov 5	atNew Mexico	L 26–⁠35	16	94	1	20	–	–
Nov 12	vs.San Diego State	L 16–⁠46	14	32	0	6	2	15
Nov 19	vs.Utah State	W 38–⁠37	26	119	1	16	4	52
Nov 26	atUNLV	W 45–⁠10	32	196	3	33	5	48

2015 Nevada 13 games, 1,345 rushing yards, 10 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	vs.UC Davis	W 31–⁠17	14	65	0	17	–	–
Sep 12	vs.Arizona	L 20–⁠44	9	33	0	9	1	17
Sep 19	atTexas A&M	L 27–⁠44	17	107	0	27	1	3
Sep 26	atBuffalo	W 24–⁠21	16	177	1	91	–	–
Oct 3	vs.UNLV	L 17–⁠23	10	44	0	12	1	4
Oct 10	vs.New Mexico	W 35–⁠17	21	145	1	23	1	−5
Oct 17	atWyoming	L 21–⁠28	10	51	0	15	–	–
Oct 24	vs.Hawai’i	W 30–⁠20	28	134	2	25	–	–
Nov 5	atFresno State	W 30–⁠16	18	122	1	59	2	18
Nov 14	vs.San José State	W 37–⁠34	16	119	1	58	1	7
Nov 21	atUtah State	L 27–⁠31	17	139	2	60	–	–
Nov 28	atSan Diego State	L 14–⁠31	8	20	0	6	–	–
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Colorado State	W 28–⁠23	24	189	2	77	–	–

2014 Nevada 13 games, 635 rushing yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Southern Utah	W 28–⁠19	11	31	1	11	1	7
Sep 5	vs.Washington State	W 24–⁠13	14	55	1	11	1	5
Sep 13	atArizona	L 28–⁠35	13	50	0	11	–	–
Sep 27	atSan José State	W 21–⁠10	9	24	0	11	–	–
Oct 4	vs.Boise State	L 46–⁠51	7	63	0	51	2	−4
Oct 11	vs.Colorado State	L 24–⁠31	11	29	0	8	–	–
Oct 18	atBYU	W 42–⁠35	9	19	2	9	1	5
Oct 25	atHawai’i	W 26–⁠18	21	94	0	16	–	–
Nov 1	vs.San Diego State	W 30–⁠14	15	103	1	43	–	–
Nov 15	atAir Force	L 38–⁠45	4	2	0	3	–	–
Nov 22	vs.Fresno State	L 20–⁠40	10	34	0	7	–	–
Nov 29	atUNLV	W 49–⁠27	11	116	0	59	–	–
Dec 20 ✦	vs.Louisiana	L 3–⁠16	5	15	0	5	–	–

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

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