Eric Butler is a safety at San Diego State who has not played in San Diego State's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
San Diego State lists 27 defensive backs this season.
San Diego State is 4-5. Next: vs Utah State, Sat Nov 14.
Butler erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches at San Diego State: Brady Hoke and Sean Lewis. The first one came in 2024: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against San José State — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 39 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | San Diego State | 44 | 30 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 21 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 110 | 71 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-0vs Stony Brook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-36@ Washington State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-0vs California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 6-3@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-24vs Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-10@ Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0@ Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-38@ Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Boise State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 25-3vs San José State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 17-23@ New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 47-49vs No. 23 North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL39 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
35.3%
290 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
289 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #377 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #12 of 17 Mountain West Ss — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
