Myles Butler

Senior wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2025: 52 catches, 518 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 205 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 53 · #198 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Middle Tennessee for 2026

The numbers

518

receiving yards · 2025

52 catches · 2 TD · 10 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Middle Tennessee from 21% to 53% to win.Florida International at Middle Tennessee · 56-30

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2025: 52 catches, 518 receiving yards, 2 TD.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Myles Butler

WR · Middle Tennessee · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the Middle Tennessee receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 105 rec yds, 7 receptions against Western Kentucky, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Derek Mason, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #198 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Strength: receptions (80th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#351 / 798 · 55th pct

69.6%

EPA / target#462 / 798 · 42nd pct

0.37

Explosive rate#591 / 798 · 26th pct

5.8%

Yards / catch#607 / 798 · 24th pct

9.2

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Receptions#109 / 558 · 80th pct

Rec yards#205 / 558 · 63rd pct

518

Long catch#217 / 558 · 60th pct

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#462 / 558 · 17th pct

10.0

Rush yards#287 / 287 · 0th pct

-21

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

82nd → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

27th → 26th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 55th percentile

TD rate

79th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

55th → 24th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

30%21 of his 69 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	35.4	9.9	0.2
Road6g	5.7	56.8	9.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	36.2	9.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	60.2	9.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #198 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #15 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	52	518	10.0	2	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	30	366	12.2	3	--
Career		82	884	10.8	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	2	-21	--	--	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	-21	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 14–13

at Nevada

7 rec · 65 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With A. Logan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG · N. Vattiato — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.4 · 8 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Myles Butler 52 Yd pass from Roman Gagliano (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.50(07:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete short left to #5 M.Butler caught at WKU42, for 16 yards to the WKU34 (#21 J.Wester), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.64(10:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete short right to #5 M.Butler caught at MTSU43, for 17 yards to the MTSU44 (#3 A.Brackenridge; #6 N.Ward), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · New Mexico State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.51(06:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete deep right to #5 M.Butler caught at MTSU48, for 25 yards to the NMSU47 (#9 B.Iya), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Marshall · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.18Nicholas Vattiato pass complete to Myles Butler for 12 yds to the MTSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Missouri State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Nicholas Vattiato pass complete to Myles Butler for 14 yds to the MOST 23 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.89Nicholas Vattiato pass complete to Myles Butler for 21 yds to the MTSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Marshall · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA -1.89Myles Butler sacked by Darrell Sweeting for a loss of 8 yards to the MRSH 25
Week 11 · Florida International · 1&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.88(03:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 N.Vattiato pass complete short right to #5 M.Butler caught at FIU01, for 5 yards to the FIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:12 #99 J.Hathaway kick attempt good (H: #32 A.Logan, LS: #41 M.Stone)
Week 3 · Nevada · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.85Nicholas Vattiato pass complete to Myles Butler for 7 yds to the MTSU 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Austin Peay	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 2	L 10-42@ Wisconsin	4	43	10.8	0	21
Wk 3	W 14-13@ Nevada	7	65	9.3	0	23
Wk 4	L 28-42vs Marshall	3	36	12.0	0	18
Wk 5	L 16-24@ Kennesaw State	4	28	7.0	0	20
Wk 7	L 20-22vs Missouri State	3	37	12.3	0	14
Wk 9	L 28-31@ Delaware	4	31	7.8	0	12
Wk 11	L 30-56vs Florida International	5	31	6.2	1	12
Wk 12	L 26-42@ Western Kentucky	7	105	15.0	1	52	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 13	W 31-17vs Sam Houston	6	65	10.8	0	24
Wk 14	W 31-24@ New Mexico State	8	69	8.6	0	25
Total		52	518	9.8	2	52

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

12/213rd-down conversions

0.863rd-down EPA/target

0.19Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 21 caught on third down (66.7%) — EPA/target 0.86 vs 0.19 elsewhere (12 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Middle Tennessee

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Middle Tennessee

Returning around him