#18

Hakeem Butler

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2018: 60 catches, 1,318 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Iowa State · Jr. · #18

6′6″ · 225 lb · Baltimore, MD

Arizona — drafted 2019, Rd 4, Pick 1, #103 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2308 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

Statement game9 rec · 192 ydsvs Washington State (FBS) · L 26-28

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2018: 60 catches, 1,318 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Iowa State in 2015.
Drafted round 4 by the Arizona in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 2,149 receiving yards — drafted at #103 overall by Arizona.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 192 yds at Washington State.Washington State · L 26-282018

2015

Signed with Iowa State2-star out of Fort Bend Travis

2019

Drafted by Arizonaround 4, pick 103

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2308 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #103

Arizona · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

#103Rd 4 · Pick 1

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#6 / 550 · 99th pct

22.0

Rec yards#8 / 550 · 99th pct

1318

Long catch#23 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#29 / 550 · 93rd pct

Receptions#66 / 550 · 88th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	108	22.6	0.9
Road6g	4.5	94.2	20.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	95.9	19.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	108	23.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Iowa State	60	1,318	22.0	9	--
2017	Iowa State	41	697	17.0	7	--
2016	Iowa State	9	134	14.9	2	--
Career		110	2,149	19.5	18	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 48–42

at Oklahoma State

2 rec · 61 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With B. Purdy — 318 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 84 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · C. Dunn — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 3-13@ Iowa	3	35	11.7	0	23
Wk 3	L 27-37vs Oklahoma	5	174	34.8	2	57	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 26-13vs Akron	6	88	14.7	1	24
Wk 5	L 14-17@ TCU	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 6	W 48-42@ Oklahoma State	2	61	30.5	1	40
Wk 7	W 30-14vs West Virginia	6	107	17.8	1	38
Wk 9	W 40-31vs Texas Tech	4	148	37.0	1	48	148-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 27-3@ Kansas	5	164	32.8	2	83	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 28-14vs Baylor	3	25	8.3	0	10
Wk 12	L 10-24@ Texas	6	99	16.5	0	37
Wk 13	W 42-38vs Kansas State	5	144	28.8	1	65	144-yard receiving day
Wk 14	W 27-24vs Drake	4	67	16.8	0	24
Bowl	L 26-28@ Washington State	9	192	21.3	0	36
Total		60	1318	21.4	9	83

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology