James Butler

RB • 5'9" • 210 lbs • Bloomingdale, IL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

James Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.7 efficiency.

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Featured offensive role

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Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

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Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 2
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Nevada • Iowa
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Player Story

James Butler built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Bloomingdale, IL wearing No. 20, spending time with Iowa and Nevada. The clearest part of James Butler's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8144

St. Francis · Wheaton, IL

Committed To: Nevada
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2014

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Latest team and position: Iowa · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards: 4,197
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
Best season: 2016 Regular Season · Nevada
Top game: Buffalo
Recruit profile: 3-star · St. Francis · Nevada
High school pipeline: St. Francis · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 20 · Class 2017
2017 Scrimmage yards rank: 443 scrimmage yards · RB 217th (top 36%) · Big Ten 55th (top 21%) · National 546th (top 23%)

James Butler played RB for Nevada and Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Butler recorded 3,712 rushing yards, 485 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Nevada.

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