#82

Kameron Butler

Former defensive end at Virginia. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DE · Virginia · Sr. · #82

6′3″ · 262 lb · Florence, KY

CFB Index 62 · #139 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceVirginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1744 nationally · Signed with Miami (OH)

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Virginia. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami (OH) in 2018.
Transferred from Miami (OH) to Virginia in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

7 seasons at Virginia, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20185 games

Signed with Miami (OH)3-star out of Covington Catholic

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-MACfirst

20229 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1744 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2024

2 coaches

2018–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2024

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Miami (OH)6-6HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning

2019Miami (OH)8-6HC: Chuck Martin · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Miami (OH)2-1HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Miami (OH)7-6HC: Chuck Martin · Balanced

2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #139 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#42 / 2892 · 98th pct

Sacks#412 / 2892 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles#817 / 2892 · 71st pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1194 / 2892 · 58th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road6g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.1	0.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #139 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #139 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia	43	18	2.5	2.5	2	--	--
2023	Virginia	22	16	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Virginia	27	10	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
2021	Miami (OH)	53	31	14.0	8.0	1	1	--
2020	Miami (OH)	16	8	3.5	2.5	1	--	--
2019	Miami (OH)	45	29	14.5	5.5	--	--	--
2018	Miami (OH)	6	3	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		212	115	44.5	24.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–13

vs Richmond

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 21-point win at home against Richmond.

With A. Colandrea — 297 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · 49 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Pace — 93 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-13vs Richmond	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 31-30@ Wake Forest	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 13-27vs Maryland	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 43-24@ Coastal Carolina	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-14vs Boston College	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 20-24vs Louisville	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 31-48@ Clemson	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-41vs North Carolina	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-19@ Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-35@ Notre Dame	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-33vs SMU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-37@ Virginia Tech	5	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		43	18	2.5	2.5	—	2

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