- Darius Butler
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Darius Butler No. 27 Carolina Panthers Cornerback Personal information Date of birth: March 18, 1986 Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight: 190 lb (86 kg) Career information College: Connecticut NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 Debuted in 2009 for the New England Patriots Career history - New England Patriots (2009–2010)
- Carolina Panthers (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - 1× First-team All-Big East (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of 2010 Tackles 58 Sacks 0.0 Interceptions 3 Forced fumbles 0 Pass deflections 14 Stats at NFL.com Darius J. Butler (born March 18, 1986) is an American football cornerback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Connecticut.
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Early years
Butler is the cousin of Denver Broncos running back Willis McGahee, and the nephew of former New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins safety Gene Atkins.
Butler attended Coral Springs Charter School in Coral Springs, Florida. While there he played quarterback and safety. He also played basketball, scoring over 1,000 points during his career. He was an All-County selection as well as an All-State honorable mention.
College career
Butler played college football at the University of Connecticut, where he was a four-year starter and two year team captain. He was primarily a cornerback, but he also spent time as a kickoff returner and wide receiver.
Butler was twice named Big East Player of the Week, both during his freshman year in 2005. He earned Big East Defensive Player of the Week after intercepting three passes for 122 interception return yards and a touchdown in a game against Army on October 1, 2005. The 122 return yards set both a Connecticut and Michie Stadium record. He also was awarded Big East Special Teams Player of the Week after he returned a kick off 90 yards for a touchdown against South Florida on November 26, 2005. After his senior season in 2008, Butler was named to the All-Big East first team, despite not having a single interception all season.[1]
Butler finished his career at Connecticut starting 43 of 45 games, recording 180 tackles, 10 interceptions for 213 return yards and two touchdowns. He also scored three other touchdowns: one on a kickoff return, one rushing and one receiving.
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic 5 ft 10⅜ in 183 lb 4.41 s 1.46 s 2.56 s 4.18 s 6.92 s 43 in 11 ft 2 in 24 All values from NFL Scouting Combine. New England Patriots
Butler was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round (41st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. On July 10, 2009, he signed a four-year contract with the Patriots that included a total of about $2.1 million in guaranteed money.[2]
Butler got his first career start and interception against the Tennessee Titans. The following week he got his second interception against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He returned an interception 91 yards for a touchdown against the Houston Texans on January 3, 2010. He finished the season starting five of 14 games played, recording three interceptions, 35 tackles, and eight passes deflected.
In 2010, Butler started the first two games of the season, including a Patriots loss to the New York Jets in Week 2. In the game, Butler gave up a touchdown reception and was also penalized twice for defensive pass interference on another Jets touchdown drive. He was replaced as a starter by Kyle Arrington the next week, and was not part of the team's defensive sub packages. After being a healthy inactive for the team's Week 10 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Butler returned to make his third start of the season, as the Patriots' nickel cornerback for their Week 13 win over the Jets. Butler finished the season with three starts in 15 games played, recording 23 tackles and six passes defensed.
On September 6, 2011, he was waived by New England.
Carolina Panthers
Butler was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers on September 6.
References
- ^ "Big East Announces 2008 Postseason Football Honors". Big East Conference. 2008-12-10. http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92485&SPID=11215&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=3631151. Retrieved 2009-07-27.[dead link]
- ^ Price, Christopher (2009-07-10). "Butler, Pats agree on four-year deal". WEEI. http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2009/07/10/butler-pats-agree-on-four-year-deal/.
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New England Patriots 2009 NFL Draft selections Patrick Chung • Ron Brace • Darius Butler • Sebastian Vollmer • Brandon Tate • Tyrone McKenzie • Rich Ohrnberger • George Bussey • Jake Ingram • Myron Pryor • Julian Edelman • Darryl RichardCarolina Panthers current roster Active roster 1 Cam Newton | 2 Jimmy Clausen | 3 Derek Anderson | 7 Jason Baker | 10 Olindo Mare | 11 Brandon LaFell | 14 Armanti Edwards | 17 Legedu Naanee | 19 Seyi Ajirotutu | 20 Chris Gamble | 21 Brandon Hogan | 22 Josh Thomas | 23 Sherrod Martin | 25 R. J. Stanford | 27 Darius Butler | 28 Jonathan Stewart | 29 Jordan Pugh | 30 Charles Godfrey | 33 Mike Goodson | 34 DeAngelo Williams | 36 Jermale Hines | 41 Captain Munnerlyn | 44 J. J. Jansen | 45 Jerome Felton | 47 Richie Brockel | 50 James Anderson | 53 Jason Phillips | 54 Jason Williams | 55 Dan Connor | 57 Jordan Senn | 59 Omar Gaither | 63 Geoff Hangartner | 67 Ryan Kalil | 68 Andre Neblett | 69 Jordan Gross | 70 Travelle Wharton | 73 Mackenzy Bernadeau | 75 Lee Ziemba | 76 Greg Hardy | 77 Byron Bell | 78 Reggie Wells | 80 Jeremy Shockey | 81 Kealoha Pilares | 84 Ben Hartsock | 88 Greg Olsen | 89 Steve Smith | 92 Eric Norwood | 93 Antwan Applewhite | 94 Sione Fua | 95 Charles Johnson | 97 Terrell McClain | 98 Thomas Keiser | 99 Frank Kearse
Reserve lists 12 David Gettis (IR) | 25 Cletis Gordon (IR) | 52 Jon Beason | (IR) | 56 Thomas Williams (IR) | 58 Thomas Davis (IR) | 64 Zack Williams (IR) | 65 Garry Williams (IR) | 74 Geoff Schwartz (IR) | 79 Jeff Otah (IR) | 82 Gary Barnidge (IR) | 96 Ron Edwards (IR)
Practice squad 32 Josh Vaughan | 42 Kion Wilson | 46 Phillip Dillard | 60 Bryant Browning | 62 Jeff Byers | 71 Jason Shirley | 85 Greg Smith | 86 Darvin Adams
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Butler, Darius Alternative names Short description Date of birth March 18, 1986 Place of birth Fort Lauderdale, Florida Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Players of American football from Florida
- African American players of American football
- American football cornerbacks
- Connecticut Huskies football players
- New England Patriots players
- Carolina Panthers players
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