Nevada
All-America candidate and candidate for pre- and post-season WAC Defensive Player of the Year...One of 43 players and one of just three from the WAC, named to the initial watch list for the 2007 Lombardi Award...A 2007 preseason first-team All-WAC selection by Blue Ribbon Yearbook... Named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and to the preseason All-WAC first-team by CollegeFootball News.com... Has started 25 games over the past two seasons.
2006: First-time All-WAC selection was a catalyst on the WAC's second-best defense...Led the Wolf Pack with 71 tackles...Led the WAC, and was 18th nationally, with 17.5 tackles for loss, which totaled 85 yards of losses...Averaged 1.35 tackles for loss per game...Ranked fourth in the conference and 66th nationally in sacks per game with 0.54 as he had 7.0 sacks for losses of 55 yards...Recorded first career interception against Arizona State and returned it 23 yards for his first career touchdown...Had eight tackles, including 1.5 sacks, and a forced fumble against UNLV...Recovered fumbles against Fresno State and Louisiana Tech...Recorded season-high of eight tackles in three different games...Won WAC Player of the Week honors after New Mexico State game with five tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks...Led Nevada with seven tackles against Miami in the MPC Computers Bowl...Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss including 1.5 sacks against the Hurricanes in that game.
2005: Moved from defensive line to outside linebacker and started all 12 games as Nevada converted to a 3-4 defensive scheme...Finished second on the team in tackles with 75...Topped the club and ranked fourth in the WAC in tackles for loss with 15.5 for 64 yards...Also shared the team lead with 5.5 sacks for a loss of 37 yards...Had three pass breakups and two forced fumbles on the year...Made a career-high 11 tackles (seven solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss vs. Louisiana Tech...Also had 10 tackles in Nevada's upset of then-No. 16 Fresno State.
2004: Played in eight games as a redshirt freshman...Had five tackles at UNLV and at Hawai`i for his season bests...Made two tackles for loss of seven yards at San Diego State.
2003: Redshirted his first season at Nevada.

High School
Graduated from Calabasas High School, where he was first-team All-Frontier League in 2001 and 2002...Earned first-team All-Miramonte League honors in 2002...Selected as the team's defensive MVP in 2001 and 2002...Named to the L.A. Daily News' first team...Was the team's big hitter award winner in 2002.

Personal
Born Nov. 20, 1984...Parents are Jonathan and Barenese Butler...Father is a two-time Grammy nominated guitarist, songwriter and music producer...Majoring in speech communications with a minor in health ecology...Born in South Africa and also lived in London before moving to United States as a teenager..