Anthony Butler

Senior linebacker for Charlotte. 2020: 67 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Charlotte · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 230 lb · Charlotte, NC

Liberty 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2247 nationally · Signed with Charlotte

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Charlotte. 2020: 67 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Charlotte in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Liberty, 210 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201610 games

Signed with Charlotte2-star out of Chambers

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2247 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

2 coaches

2016–2018

Brad Lambert

Charlotte

2019–2020

Will Healy

Charlotte

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brad Lambert → Will Healy. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Charlotte4-8HC: Brad Lambert · Run-leaning

2017Charlotte1-11HC: Brad Lambert · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Charlotte5-7HC: Brad Lambert · Run-heavy

2019Charlotte7-6HC: Will Healy · Run-heavy

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#120 / 2211 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#223 / 2211 · 89th pct

Passes defended#191 / 2211 · 89th pct

Interceptions#66 / 568 · 79th pct

Tackles for loss#501 / 2211 · 75th pct

4.0

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Sacks#580 / 2211 · 66th pct

1.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.4	0.3	0.2	0.2
Road4g	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.0	0.5	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	7.0	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Liberty	67	32	4.0	1.0	4	2	--
2019	Charlotte	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Charlotte	50	20	4.0	1.5	2	--	--
2017	Charlotte	72	32	6.5	2.0	2	--	--
2016	Charlotte	18	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		210	93	14.5	4.5	8	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week