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Defensive tackle, Louisiana Tech, 2012–15
Vernon Butler
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 316 lb
- Hometown
- Summit, MS
- Born
- Jun 14, 1994, in Pike County, Mississippi
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Vernon Butler played defensive tackle at Louisiana Tech (2012–15). The Carolina Panthers took Butler in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2013N | 11 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 4.5 | 1 |
| On file | 24 | 40 | 64 | 6 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | DT | ||
| 2013 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | DT | ||
| 2014 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | DT | ||
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | DT | 6′3″ | 316 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–27).
| Drill | Combine 2016 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅝″ |
| Weight | 323 lb |
| Arm length | 35″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 5.33 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.87 sW |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ |
| Broad jump | 8′8″ |
| Bench press | 26 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.82 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.76 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 63 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Carolina Panthers | 10 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Carolina Panthers | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carolina Panthers | 12 | 18 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | New York Giants | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 63 | 104 | 8 | 0 | |
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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