Darien Butler: LB · Arizona State · #20.
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Darien Butler
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Arizona State linebacker corps. On tape: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against USC, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 3 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arizona State | 68 | 32 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | Arizona State | 15 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | 88 | 43 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Arizona State | 63 | 31 | 8.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 234 | 115 | 24.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-14vs Southern Utah | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs UNLV | 8 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | L 17-27@ No. 23 BYU | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-13vs Colorado | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-23@ No. 20 UCLA | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-10vs Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-35@ Utah | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-34vs Washington State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-16vs USC | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 35-30@ Washington | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 68 | 32 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 41-14
2 interceptions · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 27-point win at home against Southern Utah.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups68 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under Herm Edwards — 25-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Herm Edwards
Pass share
39.5%
313 pass / 479 run
Plays / game
66.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #32 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona State, 234 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Herm Edwards.
