Matthew Butler: DL · Tennessee · #94.
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Matthew Butler
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches at Tennessee: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Alabama — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 34-41vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Tennessee Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-38@ No. 11 Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 62-24@ Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-31vs No. 13 Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ No. 4 Alabama | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 45-42@ No. 18 Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-41vs No. 1 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 60-14vs South Alabama | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 8.5 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%8 TFLSack rate
11%5 sacksHurry rate
15%7 hurries47 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
39.5%
374 pass / 572 run
Plays / game
78.8
12 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
47 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #219 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tennessee, 10 sacks — drafted at #175 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 5th NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 5th NFL season
