Hakeem Butler

WR · Iowa State 2018 · #18

Last confirmed: Iowa State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′6″ · 225 lb · Baltimore, MD · Fort Bend Travis

Hakeem Butler: WR · Iowa State · #18.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Ian HamiltonUTEP · 2014 · 52% season match
Jamal CustisSyracuse · 2018 · 52% season match
Deondre JohnsonJacksonville State · 2026 · 49% season match
Courtland SuttonSMU · 2016 · 48% season match
James GardnerMiami (OH) · 2017 · 48% season match

Hakeem Butler

WR · Iowa State · Jr · #18

Beats you over the top. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Iowa State since. A game that shows it: 192 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Washington State — Bowl, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Iowa State in the news

Iowa State hires Jared Benko as athletics directorThe Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona players out for Iowa State gameArizona Daily Star Oct 22
Jared Benko named ADWide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Iowa State	60	1,318	22.0	9
2017	Iowa State	41	697	17.0	7
2016	Iowa State	9	134	14.9	2
Career		110	2,149	19.5	18

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 3-13@ Iowa	3	35	11.7	0	23
Wk 3	L 27-37vs No. 5 Oklahoma	5	174	34.8	2	57	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 26-13vs Akron	6	88	14.7	1	24
Wk 5	L 14-17@ TCU	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 6	W 48-42@ No. 25 Oklahoma State	2	61	30.5	1	40
Wk 7	W 30-14vs No. 6 West Virginia	6	107	17.8	1	38
Wk 9	W 40-31vs Texas Tech	4	148	37.0	1	48	148-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 27-3@ Kansas	5	164	32.8	2	83	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 28-14vs Baylor	3	25	8.3	0	10
Wk 12	L 10-24@ No. 13 Texas	6	99	16.5	0	37
Wk 13	W 42-38vs Kansas State	5	144	28.8	1	65	144-yard receiving day
Wk 14	W 27-24vs Drake	4	67	16.8	0	24
Bowl	L 26-28@ No. 12 Washington State	9	192	21.3	0	36
Total		60	1318	22.0	9	83

Signature game

Week 3 · 2018

L 27-37

vs Oklahoma

5 rec · 174 yds · 2 TD

With Z. Noland — 360 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · C. Dunn — 41.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +5.70Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 48 yds for a TD (Connor Assalley KICK)
Week 13 · Kansas State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.98Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 65 yds to the KanSt 3 for a
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.47Zeb Noland pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 57 yds for a TD, (Connor Assalley KICK)
Week 7 · West Virginia · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.02Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 38 yds to the WVirg 23 for a
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Zeb Noland pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 51 yds for a TD, (Connor Assalley KICK)
Week 12 · Texas · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 25 yds to the IowSt 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Akron · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.12Zeb Noland pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 24 yds for a TD (Connor Assalley KICK)
Week 6 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 40 yds to the OKSt 35 for a
Week 9 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 41 yds to the TexTc 48 for a
Week 13 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Brock Purdy pass complete to Hakeem Butler for 50 yds to the KanSt 20 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#12 / 702 · 98th pct

21.0

Explosive rate#40 / 702 · 94th pct

23.4%

EPA / target#141 / 702 · 80th pct

0.76

TD rate#271 / 702 · 61st pct

6.4%

Catch rate#606 / 702 · 14th pct

57.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#6 / 550 · 99th pct

22.0

Rec yards#8 / 550 · 99th pct

1318

Long catch#23 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#29 / 550 · 93rd pct

Receptions#66 / 550 · 88th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

84th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 94th percentile

Catch rate

23rd → 14th percentile

TD rate

85th → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 98th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	108	22.6	0.9
Road5g	3.6	74.6	19.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	95.9	19.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	108	23.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Pass share

44.3%

361 pass / 454 run

Plays / game

62.7

13 games

Team sack rate

7.6%

406 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

60 catches in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Hakeem Butler

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Iowa State in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Iowa State, drafted

His moves

2015

2019