Player Dossier

2014-2018

Virginia

Evan Butts

TE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Newtown Square, PA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Evan Butts reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Evan Butts built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a tight end from Newtown Square, PA wearing No. 46, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Evan Butts' career was his receiving role: 71...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8458

Episcopal Academy · Newtown Square, PA

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Evan Butts, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia. Evan Butts reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
634
Receptions
71
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Evan Butts quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · TE
Career Receiving Yards
634
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 35 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Virginia
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Episcopal Academy · Virginia
High school pipeline
Episcopal Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 46 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
140 receiving yards · TE 102nd (top 28%) · ACC 80th (top 37%) · National 765th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia916182352.3
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia5746137.5
2017 PostseasonVirginia11210065.5
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia1130256265.5
2018 PostseasonVirginia10111051.7
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia1015129251.7

Related Context

Evan Butts played TE for Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Evan Butts recorded 634 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Virginia paired 266 primary output with 53.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 60.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Virginia

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

14

Efficiency

60.7

Usage

9.4

Consistency

62.2

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 11. Richmond: 10. Ohio: 26. Louisville: 24. Miami: 9. Duke: 20. North Carolina: 16. Pittsburgh: 3. Liberty: 0. Georgia Tech: 21

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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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 1 by 73.3. Richmond: 2 by 33.3. Ohio: 4 by 43.3. Louisville: 2 by 80. Miami: 1 by 60. Duke: 2 by 66.7. North Carolina: 1 by 100. Pittsburgh: 1 by 20. Georgia Tech: 2 by 70

Split Comparison

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

Wins14.5 · Games = 8 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses12 · Games = 2 · -2.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Carolina

Result
Sat 12/29vs South CarolinaW 28-01111111011
Sat 11/17@ Georgia TechL 27-3022110.510.50011
Sat 11/10vs LibertyW 45-24
Fri 11/2vs PittsburghL 13-23133303
Sat 10/27vs North CarolinaW 31-211161616116
Sat 10/20@ DukeW 28-142201010116
Sat 10/13vs MiamiW 16-13199909
Sat 9/22vs LouisvilleW 27-32241212014
Sat 9/15vs OhioW 45-314266.56.5008
Sat 9/1vs RichmondW 42-132105506

Player Story

Evan Butts story

Evan Butts built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a tight end from Newtown Square, PA wearing No. 46, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Evan Butts' career was his receiving role: 71 catches, 634 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Evan Butts' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Virginia

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia18264.19182
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia4643.36.1-136
2017 PostseasonVirginia26653.513.2220
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia26653.513.20
2018 PostseasonVirginia14060.79.4-126
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia14060.79.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Tech

Week 9 · W 27-21 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

86.1 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#2

@ Boise State

Week 4 · W 42-23

43

Receiving Yards

73.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 71.7 efficiency score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 1 · L 16-34

42

Receiving Yards

73.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Louisville

Week 4 · W 27-3 · Conference game

24

Receiving Yards

70.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

24 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 2 · L 17-34

54

Receiving Yards

70.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

54 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Virginia

266 primary output · 53.5 efficiency · 13.2 usage

65.5

#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia

65.5

266 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 13.2 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Virginia

52.3

182 primary · 64.1 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games