Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Arizona State
Darien Butler
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Harbor City, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darien Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Darien Butler built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Darien Butler's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Arizona State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Darien Butler, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Arizona State. Darien Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 234
- TFL
- 24.5
- Sacks
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Darien Butler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 234
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Arizona State
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Narbonne · Arizona State
- High school pipeline
- Narbonne · 44 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · LB 185th (top 15%) · Pac-12 20th (top 4%) · National 294th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Arizona State | 12 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12 | 53 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 13 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 13 | 77 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona State | 3 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 10 | 68 | 8.5 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 73.7 |
Related Context
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Darien Butler played LB for Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darien Butler recorded 234 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 16.5 primary output with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
44.8
Usage
13.1
Consistency
50.1
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 3. UNLV: 4. BYU: 0.5. Colorado: 1.5. UCLA: 3. Stanford: 0. Utah: 1. Washington State: 1. USC: 0.5. Washington: 2
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. Southern Utah: 5 by 50.8. UNLV: 8 by 73.3. BYU: 7 by 34.2. Colorado: 7 by 44.2. UCLA: 9 by 67.5. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 5 by 30.8. Washington State: 6 by 35. USC: 10 by 46.7. Washington: 8 by 53.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs UNLV
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/14 | @ WashingtonSplash game | W 35-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/7 | vs USC10+ tackles | W 31-16 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Washington State | L 21-34 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/17 | @ Utah | L 21-35 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Stanford | W 28-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/3 | @ UCLASplash game | W 42-23 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs Colorado | W 35-13 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | @ BYU | L 17-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | vs UNLV2+ sacks · Splash game | W 37-10 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/3 | vs Southern UtahSplash game | W 41-14 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darien Butler story
Darien Butler built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Darien Butler's career was his defensive production: 234 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Arizona State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Darien Butler's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State.
The arc is straightforward: Darien Butler moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Arizona State
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Arizona State | 9 | 29.4 | 7.5 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona State | 9 | 29.4 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 8.5 | 34.8 | 8.8 | -0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 8.5 | 34.8 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1.5 | 25.9 | 7.1 | -7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 16.5 | 44.8 | 13.1 | 15 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 2 · W 37-10
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon State
Week 5 · W 52-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
@ UCLA
Week 5 · W 42-23 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Sacramento State
Week 2 · W 19-7
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 4 · L 31-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Arizona State
16.5 primary output · 44.8 efficiency · 13.1 usage
73.7
#2
2019 Postseason · Arizona State
48.7
8.5 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Arizona State
48.7
8.5 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
7
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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