Player Dossier

2020-2025

LSU

Jimari Butler

DE • 6'5" • 265 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jimari Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Nebraska • LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Jimari Butler built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive end from Mobile, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with LSU and Nebraska. The clearest part of Jimari Butler's career was his defensive...

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Jimari Butler, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nebraska. Jimari Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
21.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Jimari Butler quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · DE
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
Top game
Ohio State
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DE 85th (top 30%) · SEC 204th (top 27%) · National 1,703rd (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska791.50-1013.6
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska10348.55.512067.2
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska1022725-052
2025 PostseasonLSU124-01-051.2
2025 Regular SeasonLSU12214.5242051.2

Related Context

Jimari Butler played DE for Nebraska and LSU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jimari Butler recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 17 primary output with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, LSU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · LSU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

19.9

Usage

6.4

Consistency

52.5

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston: 1. Clemson: 1.5. Louisiana Tech: 1. Florida: 1. SE Louisiana: 2.5. Ole Miss: 0. South Carolina: 1. Texas A&M: 1. Alabama: 0. Arkansas: 0. Western Kentucky: 4. Oklahoma: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 4 by 26.7. Clemson: 1 by 19.2. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 22.5. Florida: 0 by 10. SE Louisiana: 2 by 33.3. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 0 by 10. Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 52.5. Oklahoma: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 7 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sun 12/28@ HoustonL 35-3841000
Sat 11/29@ OklahomaL 13-17410.5000
Sun 11/23vs Western Kentucky2+ sacks · Splash gameW 13-1032220
Sat 11/15vs ArkansasW 23-2210000
Sun 11/9@ AlabamaL 9-2041000
Sat 10/25vs Texas A&ML 25-4921000
Sat 10/11vs South CarolinaW 20-1000000
Sat 9/27@ Ole MissL 19-2411000
Sat 9/20vs SE LouisianaSplash gameW 56-10210.5001
Sat 9/13vs FloridaW 20-1000000
Sat 9/6vs Louisiana TechW 23-731100
Sat 8/30@ ClemsonW 17-10100.5001

Player Story

Jimari Butler story

Jimari Butler built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive end from Mobile, AL wearing No. 12, spending time with LSU and Nebraska. The clearest part of Jimari Butler's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Nebraska. 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 Jimari Butler's production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU and Nebraska.

The arc is straightforward: Jimari 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

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

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    LSU

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska2.58.922.5
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska1731.28.114.5
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska1423.28.2-3
2025 PostseasonLSU13.519.96.4-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonLSU13.519.96.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 9 · L 17-21 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 13 · W 13-10

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Colorado

Week 2 · W 28-10

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 6 · W 20-7 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Northwestern

Week 8 · W 17-9 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Nebraska

17 primary output · 31.2 efficiency · 8.1 usage

67.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Nebraska

52

14 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · LSU

51.2

13.5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games