Last confirmed: Vanderbilt, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · Duncanville, TX
Adam Butler: DL · Vanderbilt · #69.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Adam Butler
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. One game to point at: 7 tackles against NC State — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 31 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Career | 31 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-13vs South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-24vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-38@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs No. 23 Florida | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 13-20@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-16@ Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17vs Tennessee State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-23@ No. 11 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-26@ Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-17vs Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-34vs No. 24 Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-41vs NC State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
13%4 sacksHurry rate
6%2 hurries31 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
44.2%
390 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
67.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Vanderbilt, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
