Player Dossier

2019-2024

Toledo

Cavon Butler

DT • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Toledo, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cavon Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kentucky • Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Cavon Butler built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Toledo, OH wearing No. 52, spending time with Kentucky and Toledo. The clearest part of Cavon Butler's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8714

Woodward Academy · Atlanta, GA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Cavon Butler, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Toledo. Cavon Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
12
Sacks
5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Cavon Butler quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · DT
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 41 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Toledo
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Woodward Academy
High school pipeline
Woodward Academy · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
48 tackles · DT 8th (top 4%) · Mid-American 71st (top 14%) · National 669th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonKentucky11-0--037
2020 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonToledo1040.50--019
2021 Regular SeasonToledo10180.5011019
2022 Regular SeasonToledo5141.511-034.1
2023 PostseasonToledo123-0--044.9
2023 Regular SeasonToledo122641.51-044.9
2024 PostseasonToledo133-0--047
2024 Regular SeasonToledo13455.52.51-047

Related Context

Cavon Butler played DT for Kentucky and Toledo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Cavon Butler recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Toledo paired 9 primary output with 22.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, Toledo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Toledo

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.2

Usage

2.1

Consistency

13.3

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. Middle Tennessee: 0.5. Norfolk State: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Colorado State: 0.5. Massachusetts: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Ohio: 0. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 21.7. Norfolk State: 1 by 14.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 18.3. Colorado State: 6 by 30. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 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

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

30 vs Colorado State

Result
Fri 12/17vs Middle TennesseeL 24-31420.5000
Sat 11/27vs AkronW 49-1410000
Wed 11/17@ OhioW 35-2310000
Thu 11/11@ Bowling GreenW 49-1721000
Tue 11/2vs Eastern MichiganL 49-5210000
Sat 10/9vs Northern IllinoisL 20-2230000
Sat 10/2@ MassachusettsW 45-710000
Sat 9/18vs Colorado StateL 6-22600.5000
Sat 9/11@ Notre DameL 29-3221000
Sat 9/4vs Norfolk StateW 49-1010001

Player Story

Cavon Butler story

Cavon Butler built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Toledo, OH wearing No. 52, spending time with Kentucky and Toledo. The clearest part of Cavon Butler's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Cavon Butler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Kentucky

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Toledo

    2020-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonKentucky04.20.8
2020 Regular SeasonToledo00
2021 PostseasonToledo312.22.13
2021 Regular SeasonToledo312.22.10
2022 Regular SeasonToledo3.518.750.5
2023 PostseasonToledo6.515.54.23
2023 Regular SeasonToledo6.515.54.20
2024 PostseasonToledo922.36.32.5
2024 Regular SeasonToledo922.36.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 29-28 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 14 · L 14-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 14 · L 14-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

68 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.

#4

@ Ball State

Week 7 · W 13-6 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas Southern

Week 2 · W 71-3

1

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Toledo

9 primary output · 22.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Toledo

47

9 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Toledo

44.9

6.5 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games