Adam Butler

DT · NE/MIA/LV · 2017–2026

Born April 12, 1994 · College Vanderbilt · Undrafted · 6-5, 300 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2017	NE	9	19	2.0	2	2	0	0
2017 playoffs	NE	3	3	2.0	2	3	0	0
2018	NE	12	17	3.0	4	4	2	1
2018 playoffs	NE	2	1	0.0	2	0	0	0
2019	NE	11	26	6.0	9	8	5	0
2019 playoffs	NE	1	3	0.0	0	0	1	0
2020	NE	13	34	4.0	7	6	2	0
2021	MIA	13	17	2.0	5	2	3	0
2023	LV	15	28	5.0	9	8	4	1
2024	LV	16	65	5.0	10	8	1	1
2025	LV	15	50	1.0	5	3	0	0
2026	LV	9	20	0.5	2	1	0	1
Career	LV	113	276	28.5	53	42	17	4

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	NE	16	–	–	462	44.3
2017 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	50	24.2
2018	NE	16	–	–	375	36.3
2018 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	97	53.9
2019	NE	16	–	–	471	47.4
2019 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	17	28.3
2020	NE	15	–	–	473	50.4
2021	MIA	17	–	–	578	52.4
2023	LV	17	–	–	516	46.4
2024	LV	17	–	–	833	77.0
2025	LV	15	–	–	665	69.8

Game logs

2026 game log (9 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2026-09-13	vs MIA	W 27–13	1	0.0
2	2026-09-20	@ LAC	W 26–14	1	0.0
3	2026-09-27	@ NO	W 35–27	3	0.0
4	2026-10-04	vs KC	L 27–30	4	0.5
5	2026-10-11	@ NE	L 17–45	3	0.0
6	2026-10-18	vs BUF	L 30–33	1	0.0
7	2026-10-25	vs LA	L 21–35	5	0.0
8	2026-11-01	@ NYJ	W 38–33	1	0.0
9	2026-11-08	@ SF	L 17–38	1	0.0

2025 game log (15 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2025-09-07	@ NE	W 20–13	3	0.0
2	2025-09-15	vs LAC	L 9–20	3	0.0
3	2025-09-21	@ WAS	L 24–41	5	0.0
4	2025-09-28	vs CHI	L 24–25	2	0.0
5	2025-10-05	@ IND	L 6–40	3	0.0
6	2025-10-12	vs TEN	W 20–10	3	0.0
9	2025-11-02	vs JAX	L 29–30 OT	5	0.0
10	2025-11-06	@ DEN	L 7–10	2	1.0
11	2025-11-17	vs DAL	L 16–33	5	0.0
12	2025-11-23	vs CLE	L 10–24	2	0.0
13	2025-11-30	@ LAC	L 14–31	6	0.0
14	2025-12-07	vs DEN	L 17–24	3	0.0
15	2025-12-14	@ PHI	L 0–31	5	0.0
16	2025-12-21	@ HOU	L 21–23	2	0.0
17	2025-12-28	vs NYG	L 10–34	1	0.0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ LAC	L 10–22	4	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ BAL	W 26–23	2	0.0	0
3	2024-09-22	vs CAR	L 22–36	3	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	vs CLE	W 20–16	6	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	@ DEN	L 18–34	2	0.0	0
6	2024-10-13	vs PIT	L 13–32	5	0.0	0
7	2024-10-20	@ LA	L 15–20	6	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs KC	L 20–27	4	0.0	0
9	2024-11-03	@ CIN	L 24–41	2	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ MIA	L 19–34	5	1.0	0
12	2024-11-24	vs DEN	L 19–29	2	0.0	0
13	2024-11-29	@ KC	L 17–19	6	0.5	0
14	2024-12-08	@ TB	L 13–28	4	1.0	0
15	2024-12-16	vs ATL	L 9–15	6	1.0	1
17	2024-12-29	@ NO	W 25–10	4	0.5	0
18	2025-01-05	vs LAC	L 20–34	4	1.0	0

2023 game log (15 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2023-09-17	@ BUF	L 10–38	1	0.0	0
3	2023-09-24	vs PIT	L 18–23	1	0.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ LAC	L 17–24	3	0.0	0
5	2023-10-09	vs GB	W 17–13	2	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs NE	W 21–17	2	1.0	0
7	2023-10-22	@ CHI	L 12–30	0	0.0	1
8	2023-10-30	@ DET	L 14–26	3	0.0	1
9	2023-11-05	vs NYG	W 30–6	2	1.0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs NYJ	W 16–12	3	0.0	1
12	2023-11-26	vs KC	L 17–31	1	0.0	0
14	2023-12-10	vs MIN	L 0–3	0	0.0	0
15	2023-12-14	vs LAC	W 63–21	4	0.0	0
16	2023-12-25	@ KC	W 20–14	2	1.0	0
17	2023-12-31	@ IND	L 20–23	2	1.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs DEN	W 27–14	2	1.0	1

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ NE	W 17–16	2	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs BUF	L 0–35	1	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ LV	L 28–31 OT	1	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	vs IND	L 17–27	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ TB	L 17–45	0	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ JAX	L 20–23	1	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ BUF	L 11–26	4	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	vs HOU	W 17–9	2	0.0	2
10	2021-11-11	vs BAL	W 22–10	2	1.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ NYJ	W 24–17	1	0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs CAR	W 33–10	0	0.0	1
13	2021-12-05	vs NYG	W 20–9	2	1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ TEN	L 3–34	1	0.0	0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	3	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	2	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	3	0.0	0
4	2020-10-05	@ KC	L 10–26	1	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ BUF	L 21–24	1	0.0	0
9	2020-11-09	@ NYJ	W 30–27	0	0.0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs BAL	W 23–17	3	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs ARI	W 20–17	5	1.0	1
13	2020-12-06	@ LAC	W 45–0	3	1.0	1
14	2020-12-10	@ LA	L 3–24	3	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	@ MIA	L 12–22	4	1.0	0
16	2020-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–38	2	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NYJ	W 28–14	4	1.0	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	4	2.0	1
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	3	0.5	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	2	0.0	1
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	2	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	4	2.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	0	0.0	1
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	1	1.0	1
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	4	0.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	3	0.0	1
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	2	0.5	0
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	1	0.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	3	0.0	1

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs HOU	W 27–20	5	0.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ JAX	L 20–31	1	0.0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–7	2	1.0	1
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	1	0.0	1
6	2018-10-14	vs KC	W 43–40	0	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs GB	W 31–17	3	0.0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	1	0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	0	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	1	1.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	1	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	1	0.0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	1	1.0	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	1	0.0	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	0	0.0	0

2017 game log (12 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-07	vs KC	L 27–42	1	0.0
3	2017-09-24	vs HOU	W 36–33	3	0.0
5	2017-10-05	@ TB	W 19–14	2	0.0
6	2017-10-15	@ NYJ	W 24–17	1	0.0
7	2017-10-22	vs ATL	W 23–7	3	1.0
8	2017-10-29	vs LAC	W 21–13	2	0.0
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	3	0.0
13	2017-12-03	@ BUF	W 23–3	2	0.0
14	2017-12-11	@ MIA	L 20–27	2	1.0
P19	2018-01-13	vs TEN	W 35–14	1	1.0
P20	2018-01-21	vs JAX	W 24–20	1	1.0
P21	2018-02-04	vs PHI	L 33–41	1	0.0