Eric Butler

Senior safety on San Diego State's 2026 roster.

S · San Diego State · Sr. · #6

6′2″ · 190 lb · Corona, CA

CFB Index 38 · #377 of 544 safetiesMedium confidence

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1424 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

Last played in 2025.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior safety on San Diego State's 2026 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2022.

The full story, with sources

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

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Eric Butler

S · San Diego State · Sr · #6

Erases the deep middle of the field. Eric Butler has been at San Diego State through two head coaches in four seasons. 2024 brought the first one: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 7 tackles against San José State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	San Diego State	39	25	0.5	0.0	6	--	--
2024	San Diego State	44	30	2.5	0.0	3	1	--
2023	San Diego State	21	14	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2022	San Diego State	6	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		110	71	5.5	1.0	10	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-0vs Stony Brook	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 13-36@ Washington State	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-0vs California	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 6-3@ Northern Illinois	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-24vs Colorado State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 44-10@ Nevada	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 23-0@ Fresno State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-7vs Wyoming	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 6-38@ Hawai'i	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 17-7vs Boise State	3	1	0.5	—	2
Wk 13	W 25-3vs San José State	7	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 14	L 17-23@ New Mexico	3	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 47-49vs North Texas	2	1	0.0	—	1
Total		39	25	0.5	—	6

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 17–7

vs Boise State

0.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 2 pass breakups

With H. Green — 45 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20 · L. Sutton — 150 rush yds (25 car)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2025San Diego State9-4HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #377 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#744 / 2975 · 74th pct

Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

39 tkl · 0 TFL · 6 PD

PD rate

15%6 pass breakups

Tackle volume

39tackles this season

TFL rate

1%0 TFL

39 tackles · 0 for loss · 6 pass breakups.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.6
Road6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Pass share

32.7%

72 pass / 148 run

Plays / game

73.3

3 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

81 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #377 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #377 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #12 of 17 Mountain West Ss — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

The secondary · San Diego State

#30Jalen ThomesonS · Jr.86 tackles · 2025
#9Dalesean StaleyS · Sr.70 tackles · 2025
#6Eric ButlerS · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#24Josiah CoxS · Sr.15 tackles · 2025
#17Deshawn McCuinS · Sr.12 tackles · 2025

22 more on the roster · San Diego State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Eric Butler

20225 games

202411 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

2025 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

How he plays

DNA match

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