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_Jan_2018.jpg) Butler in 2018 | |||||||||
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| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born | (1959-05-28)May 28, 1959 (age 66) Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Atlantic Community(Delray Beach) | ||||||||
| College | Florida State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1981: 1st round, 25th overall pick | ||||||||
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Robert Calvin Butler (born May 28, 1959) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback for theAtlanta Falcons of theNational Football League (NFL). Butler playedcollege football for theFlorida State Seminoles and was selected in the first round of the1981 NFL draft by the Falcons. He played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Falcons, retiring after the 1992 season.[1]
Butler was inducted into the Seminoles' Hall of Fame in 1987.[2]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1981 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 41 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1982 | ATL | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1983 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1984 | ATL | 15 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | - | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 1985 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATL | 7 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATL | 12 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | - | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 1989 | ATL | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 |
| 1990 | ATL | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 1991 | ATL | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 169 | 127 | 27 | 222 | 8.2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 2 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1982 | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Butler has a wife named Cyrillyn and four sons:[2] Brenton,Brice, Brelan, and Brandel. Brenton played basketball for theFordham Rams and later played professional basketball in Berlin, Germany, forRSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf. Brice played several seasons as awide receiver in the NFL. Brelan is an accomplished video editor and still/film photographer.
In 2017, Butler completed his degree in social science from Florida State University, 37 years after leaving the school for the NFL.[1][2]
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