Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Georgia State
Kelan Butler
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Jefferson, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kelan Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Georgia State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Kelan Butler built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Jefferson, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Kelan Butler's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Georgia State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Kelan Butler, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Georgia State. Kelan Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Kelan Butler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Jefferson · Georgia State
- High school pipeline
- Jefferson · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · LB 545th (top 43%) · Sun Belt 204th (top 32%) · National 1,796th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia State | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.8 |
Related Context
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Kelan Butler played LB for Georgia State. Across 1 tracked season, Kelan Butler recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Georgia State paired 2 primary output with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12
Usage
2.9
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0. Murray State: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. James Madison: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. South Alabama: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Marshall: 0. Troy: 1. Old Dominion: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. Murray State: 4 by 16.7. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 2 by 18.3. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 5 by 30.8. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 9 · +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
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Old Dominion | L 10-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Troy | L 19-31 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Marshall | L 18-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 27-40 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | vs South Alabama | L 31-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Georgia Southern | L 24-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs James Madison | L 7-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Vanderbilt | L 21-70 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Murray State | W 37-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Memphis | L 16-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kelan Butler story
Kelan Butler built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Jefferson, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Kelan Butler's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Kelan Butler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Georgia State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia State | 2 | 12 | 2.9 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 8 · L 24-41 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 87 Troy
Week 13 · L 19-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Murray State
Week 3 · W 37-21
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Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 11 · L 27-40 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 27 James Madison
Week 6 · L 7-14 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
9.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Georgia State
2 primary output · 12 efficiency · 2.9 usage
35.8
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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