Malcolm 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.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2014 | 24 | NE | 11 | — | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 184 | 24.2% | 52 | 17.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | NE | 16 | — | 65 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,080 | 98.9% | 117 | 23.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26 | NE | 16 | — | 63 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,008 | 96.6% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27 | NE | 16 | — | 57 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,037 | 97.9% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28 | TEN | 16 | — | 64 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 834 | 79.3% | 96 | 23.5% | 99 | 63 | 0.6 | 101.4 | 12.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 29 | TEN | 9 | — | 30 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 579 | 94.6% | 19 | 7.7% | 57 | 36 | 0.6 | 91.3 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 30 | TEN | 16 | — | 94 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,085 | 96.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 127 | 80 | 0.6 | 83.2 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 100 | — | 387 | 325 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 5,807 | 86.3% | 288 | 10.3% | 283 | 179 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
113 career value over replacement — #976 all-time of 4,695. 16.1/season above a replacement-level CB.
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