Darius Butler is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Butler in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Butler's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Darius Butler
Top 21% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2009 | 23 | NE | 13 | — | 30 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 24 | NE | 12 | — | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 25 | CAR | 11 | — | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 26 | IND | 10 | — | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 27 | IND | 16 | — | 52 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 693 | 63.9% | 97 | 21.5% |
| 2014 | 28 | IND | 14 | — | 45 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 615 | 64.9% | 8 | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 29 | IND | 14 | — | 49 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 576 | 58.1% | 29 | 7.5% |
| 2016 | 30 | IND | 12 | — | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 472 | 58.8% | — | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 31 | IND | 15 | — | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 502 | 49.9% | 62 | 14.9% |
| Career | — | 117 | — | 313 | 259 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 15 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
112 career value over replacement — #987 all-time of 4,695. 12.4/season above a replacement-level S.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #41 (Rd 2) · NE · 2009 · +12.3 vs expected KV-H
63actual
50.7 expected · Δ+12.3
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