Butler with the Patriots in 2017. | |||||||||
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| Born: | April 12, 1994 Duncanville, Texas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Vanderbilt | ||||||||
| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||
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Adam Oneal Butler (born April 12, 1994) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Vanderbilt.
Butler, a descendant of the children's rights campaigner Edna Gladney, attended Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas. He was a two-time captain of the Duncanville Panthers football team, earning MVP honors his senior season.[1]
Butler attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After redshirting his freshman year, Butler became a prominent member of the Vanderbilt Commodores defense. Butler played four seasons for Vanderbilt, accumulating 113 total tackles, 10 sacks, two blocked PATs, and one defensive touchdown.[2]
Butler signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2017.[3] After impressing in the Patriots' training camp and preseason that summer, he earned a spot on the Patriots' 53-man roster.[4] He was active for the Patriots' regular season home opener, seeing 21 snaps and recording a tackle in a 42–27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.[5] The Patriots made it to Super Bowl LII, but came up short to the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 41–33 with Butler recording 1 tackle. The Patriots made it back to the Super Bowl during the 2018 season where they defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII.[6] In week 2 of the 2019 season against the Miami Dolphins, Butler recorded 2 sacks as the Patriots won 43–0.[7] In week 8 against the Cleveland Browns, Butler recorded a team high 2 sacks on Baker Mayfield in the 27–13 win.[8]
Butler re-signed on a one-year restricted free agent contract with the Patriots on April 17, 2020.[9]
On March 18, 2021, Butler signed a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins.[10] On August 2, 2022, Butler was released because of a failed physical.[11]
