Usage Score
8.6
Player Dossier
2011-2014Tulane
Danté Butler
RB • 5'10" • New Orleans, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Danté Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.1 efficiency.
Efficiency
46.1
Consistency
51
Season Value
51.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Scouting Read
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Danté Butler, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Tulane. Danté Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.1 efficiency.
Danté Butler played RB for Tulane. Across 4 tracked seasons, Danté Butler recorded 542 rushing yards, 315 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Tulane paired 330 primary output with 46.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
30
Efficiency
46.1
Usage
8.6
Consistency
51
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 14. Georgia Tech: 26. Unknown: 9. Duke: 74. Rutgers: 7. UConn: 51. UCF: -1. Cincinnati: 30. Houston: 41. Memphis: 2. East Carolina: 77
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. Tulsa: 5 by 28.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 100. Unknown: 2 by 37.5. Duke: 11 by 68.7. Rutgers: 3 by 9.7. UConn: 6 by 70.8. UCF: 1 by 0. Cincinnati: 4 by 66.7. Houston: 9 by 55.7. Memphis: 1 by 16.7. East Carolina: 9 by 53.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46 · Games = 2 · +17.4 vs Losses
Losses28.6 · Games = 8 · -17.4 vs Wins
First Half30.2 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half29.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
100 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ East Carolina | L 6-34 | 6 | 17 | 2.80 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 8.6 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Memphis | L 7-38 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Houston | W 31-24 | 8 | 47 | 5.90 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 4.6 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Cincinnati | L 14-38 | 3 | 17 | 5.70 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7.5 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UCF | L 13-20 | — | — | — | — | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Sun 10/12 | vs UConn | W 12-3 | 3 | 17 | 5.70 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 8.5 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Rutgers | L 6-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Duke | L 13-47 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6.7 |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Georgia Tech | L 21-38 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 26 | 13 |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Tulsa | L 31-38 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2.8 |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Tulane
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Tulane | 68 | 70.9 | 1.6 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Tulane | 231 | 42.3 | 9.4 | 163 |
| 2013 Postseason | Tulane | 228 | 43.9 | 5.1 | -3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 228 | 43.9 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 330 | 46.1 | 8.6 | 102 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
UAB
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
60
Primary metric
60 scrimmage yards and 5.6 usage.
#2
UTEP
75
Primary metric
Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.
#3
Houston
53
Primary metric
Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 19.3 usage.
#4
Duke
74
Primary metric
Loss with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 15.5 usage.
#5
East Carolina
77
Primary metric
Loss with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 17.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2014 Regular Season · Tulane
330 primary output · 46.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage
51.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · Tulane
39
231 primary · 42.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · Tulane
37.5
228 primary · 43.9 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2011 · Rating 0.8322
Brother Martin · New Orleans, LA
- Committed To
- Tulane
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
857
Career Scrimmage Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 42 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.