Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Houston
DJ Butler
RB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
DJ Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
DJ Butler built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of DJ Butler's career was his backfield work: 403 rushing...
Read the storyDJ Butler, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston. DJ Butler leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 497
- Rushing yards
- 403
- Receiving yards
- 94
Quick Answers
DJ Butler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 497
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Kansas
- High school pipeline
- WP Davidson · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 359 scrimmage yards · RB 265th (top 37%) · Big 12 86th (top 26%) · National 691st (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 138 | 102 | 36 | 0 | 34.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 11 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 331 | 280 | 51 | 0 | 59.1 |
Related Context
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DJ Butler played RB for Houston. Across 2 tracked seasons, DJ Butler recorded 403 rushing yards and 94 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Houston paired 359 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.5 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: UCF
Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Houston
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.6
Efficiency
46.5
Usage
10.9
Consistency
58.7
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 28. Stephen F. Austin: 29. Rice: 11. Oregon State: 17. Oklahoma State: 26. Arizona: 7. Arizona State: 19. West Virginia: 34. UCF: 77. TCU: 46. Baylor: 65
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 9 by 29.4. Stephen F. Austin: 5 by 60.4. Rice: 4 by 28.6. Oregon State: 3 by 59. Oklahoma State: 6 by 39.3. Arizona: 2 by 36.5. Arizona State: 4 by 49.5. West Virginia: 6 by 54.9. UCF: 16 by 50.9. TCU: 10 by 44.9. Baylor: 11 by 57.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31 · Games = 9 · -9 vs Losses
Losses40 · Games = 2 · +9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
60.4 vs Stephen F. Austin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/28 | vs LSU | W 38-35 | 8 | 21 | 2.60 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.1 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Baylor | W 31-24 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5.9 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs TCU | L 14-17 | 8 | 33 | 4.10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UCF | W 30-27 | 14 | 69 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs West Virginia | L 35-45 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5.7 |
| Sun 10/26 | @ Arizona State | W 24-16 | 4 | 19 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Arizona | W 31-28 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oklahoma State | W 39-17 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Oregon State | W 27-24 | 3 | 17 | 5.70 | 0 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Rice | W 35-9 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 27-0 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
Player Story
DJ Butler story
DJ Butler built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Mobile, AL wearing No. 25, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of DJ Butler's career was his backfield work: 403 rushing yards, 84 carries, and 94 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 94 receiving yards and 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DJ Butler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Houston
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 138 | 54.7 | 5.7 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 359 | 46.5 | 10.9 | 221 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 359 | 46.5 | 10.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 8 · L 14-42 · Conference game
Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
73.8 takeover
55 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
#2
@ No. 76 UCF
Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game
77
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
#3
vs Kansas State
Week 10 · W 24-19 · Conference game
45
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 13.7 usage.
#4
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 14 · W 31-24 · Conference game
65
Scrimmage Yards
62.5 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
#5
vs No. 37 TCU
Week 13 · L 14-17 · Conference game
46
Scrimmage Yards
52.2 takeover
Loss with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
46 scrimmage yards and 18.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Houston
359 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage
59.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Houston
59.1
359 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Houston
34.3
138 primary · 54.7 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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