Usage / Role
44%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2017-2021Tennessee
Matthew Butler
DL • 6'4" • 291 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matthew Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Tennessee
17181919202121
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Matthew Butler built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 94, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Matthew Butler's career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 175
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Matthew Butler, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Tennessee. Matthew Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 152
- TFL
- 16
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Matthew Butler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DL
- Career Tackles
- 152
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Garner · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Garner · 6 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 5 · Pick 32 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · DL 42nd (top 5%) · SEC 85th (top 14%) · National 692nd (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Tennessee | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12 | 40 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13 | 43 | 8.5 | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | 59.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Matthew Butler
Matthew Butler played DL for Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Matthew Butler recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Tennessee paired 20.5 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2021 Postseason · Tennessee
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
30.8
Usage
7.5
Consistency
44
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Bowling Green: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 1.5. Tennessee Tech: 1. Florida: 0. Missouri: 0. South Carolina: 2. Ole Miss: 4. Alabama: 3.5. Kentucky: 1. Georgia: 3. South Alabama: 2. Vanderbilt: 1
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 4 by 26.7. Bowling Green: 1 by 9.2. Pittsburgh: 7 by 44.2. Tennessee Tech: 0 by 10. Florida: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 2 by 28.3. Ole Miss: 2 by 48.3. Alabama: 9 by 72.5. Kentucky: 6 by 35. Georgia: 3 by 42.5. South Alabama: 6 by 45. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 6 · +1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
72.5 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/30 | @ Purdue | L 45-48 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Vanderbilt | W 45-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/21 | vs South AlabamaSplash game | W 60-14 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs GeorgiaSplash game | L 17-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Kentucky | W 45-42 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ AlabamaSplash game | L 24-52 | 9 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Ole Miss2+ sacks · Splash game | L 26-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | W 45-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Missouri | W 62-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Florida | L 14-38 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 56-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Pittsburgh | L 34-41 | 7 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/3 | vs Bowling Green | W 38-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Matthew Butler story
Matthew Butler built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 94, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Matthew Butler's career was his defensive production: 152 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Matthew Butler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Tennessee
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0.5 | 7.2 | 1.7 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 10.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Tennessee | 8.5 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 8.5 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 27.9 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 20.5 | 30.8 | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 20.5 | 30.8 | 7.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Alabama
Week 8 · L 24-52 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 15 · W 42-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Alabama
Week 8 · L 17-48 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
@ Kentucky
Week 11 · W 17-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Ole Miss
Week 7 · L 26-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Tennessee
20.5 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 7.5 usage
59.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Tennessee
59.3
20.5 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Tennessee
40.3
10 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Matthew Butler
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.