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Matthew Butler

Tennessee · Edge Rusher · 2017-21

SACKS
10
TFL
16
TKL
152

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2017 to 2021, Butler recorded 152 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks.

Butler was the No. 175 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 68 overall, the 22nd-highest edge rusher rating at Tennessee since 1990 and No. 187 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • No. 175 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Matthew Butler season-by-season statistics at Tennessee
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
201740.500
201813100
20194532.52
202043321
2021478.550
Total152169.53

Seasons with tracked stats at Tennessee. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Tennessee Teammates

  1. 90Jalin Hyatt2020-22WR
  2. 86Hendon Hooker2021-22QB
  3. 83Dylan Sampson2022-24RB
  4. 77James Pearce Jr.2022-24EDGE
  5. 75Cedric Tillman2018-22WR
  6. 75Jeremy Banks2018-22LB
  7. 74Theo Jackson2017-21S
  8. 74Jermod McCoy2024-25CB
  9. 72Will Brooks2022-24CB
  10. 72Byron Young2021-22EDGE

Full Tennessee all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Matthew Butler (American football)) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.