Darius Butler

FS · NE/CAR/IND · 2009–2017

Born March 18, 1986 · College Connecticut · Drafted 2009, round 2, pick 41 (NE) · 5-10, 192 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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2009	NE	13	35	0	0	3	8	0
2009 playoffs	NE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	NE	12	23	0	0	0	6	0
2010 playoffs	NE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011	CAR	11	32	0	0	0	7	0
2012	IND	10	31	0	0	4	7	1
2012 playoffs	IND	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
2013	IND	15	55	1	1	4	15	0
2013 playoffs	IND	2	9	0	0	0	2	0
2014	IND	14	46	1	1	0	7	2
2014 playoffs	IND	3	5	0	1	0	1	1
2015	IND	13	50	1	1	1	4	2
2016	IND	12	33	1	0	3	7	1
2017	IND	15	29	0	0	0	4	2
Career	IND	115	334	4	3	15	65	8

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
2016	IND	12	–	–	465	58.6
2017	IND	15	–	–	496	50.1

Game logs

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ LA	L 9–46	3	0
3	2017-09-24	vs CLE	W 31–28	2	1
4	2017-10-01	@ SEA	L 18–46	1	0
5	2017-10-08	vs SF	W 26–23 OT	4	0
6	2017-10-16	@ TEN	L 22–36	2	0
7	2017-10-22	vs JAX	L 0–27	1	0
8	2017-10-29	@ CIN	L 23–24	3	0
9	2017-11-05	@ HOU	W 20–14	2	1
10	2017-11-12	vs PIT	L 17–20	1	0
12	2017-11-26	vs TEN	L 16–20	0	1
13	2017-12-03	@ JAX	L 10–30	3	0
14	2017-12-10	@ BUF	L 7–13 OT	2	0
15	2017-12-14	vs DEN	L 13–25	1	1
16	2017-12-23	@ BAL	L 16–23	2	0
17	2017-12-31	vs HOU	W 22–13	2	0

2016 game log (12 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
2	2016-09-18	@ DEN	L 20–34	1	1	1
5	2016-10-09	vs CHI	W 29–23	5	0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ HOU	L 23–26 OT	5	0	0
7	2016-10-23	@ TEN	W 34–26	5	0	1
8	2016-10-30	vs KC	L 14–30	3	0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ GB	W 31–26	2	1	1
11	2016-11-20	vs TEN	W 24–17	4	0	0
12	2016-11-24	vs PIT	L 7–28	3	0	1
13	2016-12-05	@ NYJ	W 41–10	2	1	2
14	2016-12-11	vs HOU	L 17–22	1	0	1
15	2016-12-18	@ MIN	W 34–6	1	0	0
16	2016-12-24	@ LV	L 25–33	1	0	0

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ BUF	L 14–27	8	0	0
4	2015-10-04	vs JAX	W 16–13 OT	9	0	0
5	2015-10-08	@ HOU	W 27–20	1	0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs NO	L 21–27	1	0	0
8	2015-11-02	@ CAR	L 26–29 OT	4	0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs DEN	W 27–24	2	1	1
11	2015-11-22	@ ATL	W 24–21	3	0	0
12	2015-11-29	vs TB	W 25–12	3	0	1
13	2015-12-06	@ PIT	L 10–45	1	0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ JAX	L 16–51	3	0	1
15	2015-12-20	vs HOU	L 10–16	5	0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ MIA	W 18–12	3	0	1
17	2016-01-03	vs TEN	W 30–24	7	0	0

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ DEN	L 24–31	4	1
2	2014-09-15	vs PHI	L 27–30	5	2
3	2014-09-21	@ JAX	W 44–17	2	0
4	2014-09-28	vs TEN	W 41–17	3	0
5	2014-10-05	vs BAL	W 20–13	2	0
8	2014-10-26	@ PIT	L 34–51	7	0
9	2014-11-03	@ NYG	W 40–24	3	1
11	2014-11-16	vs NE	L 20–42	2	0
12	2014-11-23	vs JAX	W 23–3	2	0
13	2014-11-30	vs WAS	W 49–27	6	1
14	2014-12-07	@ CLE	W 25–24	4	1
15	2014-12-14	vs HOU	W 17–10	2	0
16	2014-12-21	@ DAL	L 7–42	3	0
17	2014-12-28	@ TEN	W 27–10	1	1
P18	2015-01-04	vs CIN	W 26–10	2	0
P19	2015-01-11	@ DEN	W 24–13	2	1
P20	2015-01-18	@ NE	L 7–45	1	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs LV	W 21–17	1	0	0
2	2013-09-15	vs MIA	L 20–24	1	0	1
3	2013-09-22	@ SF	W 27–7	2	0	1
4	2013-09-29	@ JAX	W 37–3	6	1	1
5	2013-10-06	vs SEA	W 34–28	2	1	2
6	2013-10-14	@ LAC	L 9–19	1	0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs DEN	W 39–33	5	0	3
9	2013-11-03	@ HOU	W 27–24	3	0	0
11	2013-11-14	@ TEN	W 30–27	2	0	1
12	2013-11-24	@ ARI	L 11–40	4	0	0
13	2013-12-01	vs TEN	W 22–14	8	0	1
14	2013-12-08	@ CIN	L 28–42	6	0	0
15	2013-12-15	vs HOU	W 25–3	1	2	3
16	2013-12-22	@ KC	W 23–7	5	0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs JAX	W 30–10	8	0	2
P18	2014-01-04	vs KC	W 45–44	5	0	1
P19	2014-01-11	@ NE	L 22–43	4	0	1

2012 game log (11 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
6	2012-10-14	@ NYJ	L 9–35	3	0	0
9	2012-11-04	vs MIA	W 23–20	4	0	1
10	2012-11-08	@ JAX	W 27–10	4	2	2
11	2012-11-18	@ NE	L 24–59	6	0	0
12	2012-11-25	vs BUF	W 20–13	4	0	1
13	2012-12-02	@ DET	W 35–33	1	0	1
14	2012-12-09	vs TEN	W 27–23	2	1	1
15	2012-12-16	@ HOU	L 17–29	5	0	0
16	2012-12-23	@ KC	W 20–13	1	1	1
17	2012-12-30	vs HOU	W 28–16	1	0	0
P18	2013-01-06	@ BAL	L 9–24	4	0	0

2011 game log (11 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
3	2011-09-25	vs JAX	W 16–10	3	1
4	2011-10-02	@ CHI	L 29–34	4	0
5	2011-10-09	vs NO	L 27–30	5	2
6	2011-10-16	@ ATL	L 17–31	1	0
7	2011-10-23	vs WAS	W 33–20	5	1
10	2011-11-13	vs TEN	L 3–30	3	0
12	2011-11-27	@ IND	W 27–19	3	0
13	2011-12-04	@ TB	W 38–19	4	0
14	2011-12-11	vs ATL	L 23–31	0	2
16	2011-12-24	vs TB	W 48–16	3	1
17	2012-01-01	@ NO	L 17–45	1	0

2010 game log (13 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2010-09-12	vs CIN	W 38–24	8	1
2	2010-09-19	@ NYJ	L 14–28	5	0
3	2010-09-26	vs BUF	W 38–30	1	0
4	2010-10-04	@ MIA	W 41–14	0	1
7	2010-10-24	@ LAC	W 23–20	1	0
11	2010-11-21	vs IND	W 31–28	2	0
12	2010-11-25	@ DET	W 45–24	1	0
13	2010-12-06	vs NYJ	W 45–3	1	0
14	2010-12-12	@ CHI	W 36–7	0	1
15	2010-12-19	vs GB	W 31–27	1	0
16	2010-12-26	@ BUF	W 34–3	0	2
17	2011-01-02	vs MIA	W 38–7	3	1
P19	2011-01-16	vs NYJ	L 21–28	1	0

2009 game log (14 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2009-09-14	vs BUF	W 25–24	1	0	1
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	1	0	0
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	1	0	1
5	2009-10-11	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	1	0	0
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	0	1	1
7	2009-10-25	@ TB	W 35–7	1	1	1
9	2009-11-08	vs MIA	W 27–17	7	0	0
10	2009-11-15	@ IND	L 34–35	7	0	0
11	2009-11-22	vs NYJ	W 31–14	1	0	0
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	2	0	0
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	8	0	2
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	3	0	1
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	2	1	1
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	1	0	0