Player Dossier

2024-2025

Georgia Tech

Tah'j Butler

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tah'j Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.3

Efficiency

19.3

Consistency

57.3

Season Value

25.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Georgia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Tah'j Butler, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech. Tah'j Butler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Tah'j Butler played LB for Georgia Tech. Across 2 tracked seasons, Tah'j Butler recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Georgia Tech paired 7 primary output with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

4.3

Consistency

57.3

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Colorado: 1. Unknown: 1.5. Temple: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Duke: 1. Syracuse: 0. NC State: 0. Boston College: 0.5. Georgia: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 1 by 14.2. Unknown: 5 by 35.8. Temple: 8 by 43.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Virginia Tech: 0 by 0. Duke: 4 by 26.7. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 3 by 17.5. Georgia: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Temple

Result
Sat 12/27@ BYUL 21-2510000
Fri 11/28vs GeorgiaL 9-16430010
Sat 11/15@ Boston CollegeW 36-34320.5000
Sat 11/1@ NC StateL 36-4840000
Sat 10/25vs SyracuseW 41-1633000
Sat 10/18@ DukeW 27-1842001
Sat 10/11vs Virginia TechW 35-2000000
Sat 9/27@ Wake ForestW 30-2910001
Sat 9/20vs TempleW 45-2485001
Sat 9/6vs Unknown521.5000
Sat 8/30@ ColoradoW 27-2011100

Career Arc

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    Georgia Tech

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonGeorgia Tech4.516.65.7
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech4.516.65.70
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Tech719.34.32.5
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech719.34.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#3

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#4

Notre Dame

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#5

Florida State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech

7 primary output · 19.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage

25.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

25.3

7 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Georgia Tech

22.3

4.5 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8539

Edna Karr · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

59

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.