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

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

55

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

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.7 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: Central Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Toledo

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

5

Consistency

37.1

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 1. Ohio State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Central Michigan: 2. Northern Illinois: 0.5

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Massachusetts: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5. Central Michigan: 1 by 24.2. Northern Illinois: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sat 10/8@ Northern IllinoisW 52-32300.5000
Sat 10/1vs Central MichiganSplash gameW 38-1711110
Sat 9/24@ San Diego StateL 14-1730000
Sat 9/17@ Ohio StateL 21-7751000
Sat 9/10vs MassachusettsW 55-1020000

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Kentucky

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Toledo

    2020-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023202320242024
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.

3

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

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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

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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