CAREER HONORS
•  First team pre-season all-Southland Conference, 2016
•  Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, 2015
•  First team all-Southland Conference, 2015
•  Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2015)
 
2015 (Freshman): Pressed into starting duties in the second week of the season, Butler responded with a Freshman of the Year campaign by leading the Southland Conference in interceptions (six) and interception return yards (114). Earned Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 2 after he intercepted a pair of passes and had three tackles and two pass breakups in the Wildcats’ 15-13 loss to nationally ranked McNeese on Oct. 31. The Cowboys went on to win the Southland Conference title with a perfect 9-0 record. Butler also had two interceptions (56 return yards) and one pass breakup in a Sept. 19 home win over Houston Baptist. He had one interception against both Lamar (Oct. 10) and Incarnate Word (Oct. 25).

High School: Played for one of the top prep programs in the country at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev. Butler started at cornerback in 2013 and 2014, combining for 63 tackles in two seasons as he helped the Gaels stretch their state championship streak to six straight (2009-14). As a senior in 2014, Butler had 38 tackles and two interceptions as the Gaels won the Division 1 state championship and were named high school national champions by USA Today. As a junior he recorded 25 tackles and three interceptions and scored one touchdown on a Division 1 state championship team. A Rivals.com 3-star recruit, Butler was a teammate at Bishop Gorman with Cordell Broadus, the 26th-ranked wide receiver in the country who signed with UCLA in February, but quit the team before the start of the 2015 season. Broadus is best known as the son of rapper Snoop Dogg. In 2013, Butler was a teammate of Randall Cunningham Jr. – the son of former NFL All-Pro Randall Cunningham – who was the quarterback at Bishop Gorman. Also an outstanding track man, Butler has career bests of 10.85w in the 100 meters and 22.84w in the 200 meters. He also ran on the 4x100 and 4x200 relays at Bishop Gorman. Played football at Bishop Gorman HS for head coach Tony Sanchez, who in December 2014 was hired as the new head coach at UNLV.

Personal: Son of Duane and Yvette Butler. 2015 graduate of Bishop Gorman High School. Born 12 April 1997.