Percy Butler

Former safety at Louisiana. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

S · Louisiana · Jr. · #9

6′0″ · 190 lb · Plaquemine, LA

CFB Index 71 · #91 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceWashington — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 8, #113 overall

The story

Former safety at Louisiana. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Louisiana in 2018.
Drafted round 4 by the Washington in 2022.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2398 nationally · Signed with Louisiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisiana, 167 tackles — drafted at #113 overall by Washington.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20186 games

Signed with Louisiana2-star out of Plaquemine

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Beltsecond

2022

Drafted by Washingtonround 4, pick 113

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2398 national

CFB

College

Louisiana

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #113

Washington · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Billy Napier

Louisiana

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

#113Rd 4 · Pick 8

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Billy Napier — 41-12 over that span.

2018Louisiana7-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-heavy

2019Louisiana11-3HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #91 of 509?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (86th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#384 / 2743 · 86th pct

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles#407 / 2743 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#449 / 2743 · 82nd pct

6.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	0.6	0.0	0.2
Road6g	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.7	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #91 of 509 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #91 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisiana	60	36	6.0	0.0	4	1	--
2020	Louisiana	44	25	2.0	1.0	6	2	--
2019	Louisiana	54	41	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
2018	Louisiana	9	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		167	107	9.0	1.0	13	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 27–24

vs Nicholls

2 TFL · 8 SOLO · 9 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Lewis — 304 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · R. Byrns — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 18-38@ Texas	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 27-24vs Nicholls	9	8	2.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 3	W 49-14vs Ohio	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 28-20@ Georgia Southern	3	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 5	W 20-18@ South Alabama	2	2	2.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-13vs App State	6	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 28-27@ Arkansas State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-0vs Texas State	6	3	1.5	—	0
Wk 10	W 21-17vs Georgia State	8	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Troy	5	2	0.5	—	1
Wk 12	W 42-14@ Liberty	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 24-16vs App State	5	3	0.0	—	0
Total		59	35	6.0	1	4

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