Malcolm Butler (football player)

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Malcolm Butler
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Tennessee Titans - No. 21
Cornerback
Date of birth: March 2, 1990
Place of birth: Vicksburg , Mississippi
Height: 1.80 m Weight: 86 kg
NFL debut
2014 for the New England Patriots
Career
College : West Alabama
Not drafted in 2014
 Teams:
Current status: active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles     306
Passes prevented     68
Interceptions     13
Forced fumbles     5
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Malcolm Butler Texel (* 2. March 1990 in Vicksburg , Mississippi ) is an American American football player who as a cornerback in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans play.

college

Butler's career in college football at Hinds Community College (near the state capital Jackson ) was mixed up as he was temporarily removed from the team due to indiscipline. Butler moved to the University of West Alabama , established himself with the local football team (the Tigers ) as a regular player and graduated from physical education .

Nevertheless, Butler was not selected by any team in the 2014 NFL Draft , partly because the Tigers only played in the second division of the NCAA .

NFL

2014

Butler made it to the New England Patriots' squad as a free agent in the 2014 NFL season , played 14 of the 16 regular season games and made 15 tackles. In Super Bowl XLIX he was used in the second half as the third cornerback alongside Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner , scored the decisive interception 20 seconds before the end and secured New England's 28:24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks .

2015

After the departure of Revis and Browner, Butler played his way into the starting line-up for the new season and scored his first regular interception against the Buffalo Bills . After a series of strong performances, he was in 2015 for the first time in the Pro Bowl selected.

2016

Butler was again in the starting line-up in the 2016 season and had blossomed into the team's most important cornerback. This season he had 48 tackles , 4 interceptions and successfully fended off 17 attempts . In the play-offs, Butler won the Super Bowl ( LI ) for the second time with the Patriots in his third career year . Shortly thereafter, it became known that a film version of Butler's life was being planned.

2017

In 2017 , Butler reached the Super Bowl ( LII ) with the Patriots for the third time in his career , which, however, was lost to the Philadelphia Eagles with 33:41 and in which Butler was not used.

2018

On March 13, 2018, Butler signed a five-year deal with the Tennessee Titans for $ 61 million, of which 30 million is guaranteed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Malcolm Butler Profile at UWA Tiger Athletics
  2. Tony Manfred: How an undrafted Patriots rookie made one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history . February 2, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017.
  3. Thomas George: Malcolm Butler went from Super Bowl hero to cornerstone of the Patriots defense . January 31, 2017. Accessed February 1, 2017.
  4. Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler is getting a movie made about his life , Fox Sports
  5. Malcolm Butler. In: spotrac.com. Accessed March 20, 2018 .