Player Dossier

2005-2008

Penn State

Deon Butler

Impact contributor

Deon Butler shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2004 · Rating 0.7667

De La Salle · Concord, CA

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2004

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2009
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 91
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Deon Butler, player. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Penn State. Deon Butler shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Deon Butler quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · Position unavailable
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 49 games
Best season
2005 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
2-star · De La Salle · Illinois
High school pipeline
De La Salle · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2009 · Round 3 · Pick 27 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
Class 2008

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2005 Regular SeasonPenn State110975.8
2006 Regular SeasonPenn State120213.9
2007 Regular SeasonPenn State130427.4
2008 Regular SeasonPenn State130744

Related Context

Deon Butler is listed for Penn State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2005 Regular Season

Penn State paired 9 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2008 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2006 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0.2

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Akron: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Youngstown State: 0. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.1 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

— vs Tennessee

Result
Mon 1/1vs TennesseeW 20-10
Sat 11/18vs Michigan StateW 17-13
Sat 11/4@ WisconsinL 3-13
Sat 10/28@ PurdueW 12-0
Sat 10/21vs IllinoisW 26-12
Sun 10/15vs MichiganL 10-17
Sat 10/7@ MinnesotaW 28-27
Sat 9/30vs NorthwesternW 33-7
Sat 9/23@ Ohio StateL 6-28
Sat 9/16vs Youngstown StateW 37-31-3-300
Sat 9/9@ Notre DameL 17-41
Sat 9/2vs AkronW 34-16

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2005-2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2005200620072008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 Regular SeasonPenn State9
2006 Regular SeasonPenn State2-7
2007 Regular SeasonPenn State42
2008 Regular SeasonPenn State73

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wisconsin

Week 10 · W 35-14 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

2 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Illinois

Week 8 · W 63-10 · Conference game

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 40-3

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Notre Dame

Week 2 · L 17-41

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Akron

Week 1 · W 34-16

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2005 Regular Season · Penn State

9 primary output · efficiency · usage

75.8

#2

2008 Regular Season · Penn State

44

7 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Penn State

27.4

4 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games