Vernon Butler
| No. 92 Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 14, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pike County, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Summit (MS) North Pike | ||||||||||
| College: | Louisiana Tech | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 30 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2016 | |||||||||||
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Vernon Butler Jr. (born June 14, 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana Tech.
Early years
Butler attended North Pike High School in Summit, Mississippi. He played football, basketball and ran track. As a senior he had 121 tackles and 13 sacks. Butler committed to Louisiana Tech University to play college football.[1]
College career
As a true freshman at Louisiana Tech in 2012, Butler had 21 tackles. As a sophomore in 2013, he had 43 tackles with one sack and as a junior in 2014, he had 54 tackles and a sack.[2] As a senior in 2015, Butler had 50 tackles with three sacks and was named first team All-Conference USA.[3][4][5]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 4 in | 323 lb | 35 1⁄8 in | 10 3⁄4 in | 5.33 s | 1.87 s | 3.07 s | 4.76 s | 7.82 s | 29 1⁄2 in | 8 ft 8 in | 26 reps | ||||||||
| All values from 2016 NFL Scouting Combine.[6][7] | |||||||||||||||||||
Butler was selected 30th overall by the Carolina Panthers, becoming the highest Louisiana Tech Bulldog selected since Troy Edwards in 1999. Butler signed with the Panthers on May 13, 2016[8]
References
- ↑ "Louisiana Tech lands two from North Pike". enterprise-journal.com.
- ↑ "Tech's Butler nearly unblockable during fall camp". thenewsstar.com. 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Butler wants to prove he's top-ranked DT prospect in NFL Draft". thenewsstar.com. 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "La. Tech's Butler has plenty to prove at Senior Bowl". shreveporttimes.com. 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Louisiana Tech defensive tackle Vernon Butler lives up to billing at Senior Bowl practice".
- ↑ "Vernon Butler - DT - Louisiana Tech - 2016 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Vernon Butler - DT - Louisiana Tech - 2016 NFL Combine Results". NFL Combine Results. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/DT-Butler-signs-contract/dc7e9216-2e7b-458c-8eda-c8fc314b19fd