Rodney Butler: LB · New Mexico State · #53.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rodney Butler
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at New Mexico State since. The first career honor came in 2016: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 24 tackles against New Mexico — Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
165 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 8 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New Mexico State | 165 | 63 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 165 | 63 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 22-38@ UTEP | 15 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 32-31vs New Mexico | 24 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 24 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 42-62@ Kentucky | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-52@ Troy | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-31vs Louisiana | 18 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-55@ Idaho | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-22vs Georgia Southern | 13 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-52@ No. 9 Texas A&M | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-41@ Arkansas State | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 50-10vs Texas State | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-37vs App State | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-35@ South Alabama | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 165 | 63 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 32-31
vs New Mexico
24 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 4 solo tackles
Edged out New Mexico at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
165tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%8 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
1%2 pass breakups165 tackles · 8 for loss · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Doug Martin — 8-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 15.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 12.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 14.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 12.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
50.4%
458 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
75.7
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 165 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
