No. 19 Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | January 29, 1990 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Norcross, Georgia | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Norcross (GA) | ||||||||
College: | San Diego State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 7 / Pick: 209 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 6, 2016 | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Receptions: | 51 |
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Receiving yards: | 738 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 4 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Brice Butler (born January 29, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC and San Diego State.
Butler attended Norcross (GA) in Norcross, Georgia, where he played football as a wide receiver. As a junior in 2006, he had 35 receptions for 680 yards (19.4 avg.) with 9 touchdowns. His 2007 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, ESPN 150, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Dixie, Prep Star All-Southeast and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 as a senior after totalling 1,186 receiving yards with 15 touchdowns.
Butler also competed in track & field at Norcross. As a sophomore, he participated at the state meet in the 4 × 100 m relay, finishing seventh with a time of 42.54 seconds. At the Region 7-5A Meet, he helped lead his 4 × 400 m relay team to victory with a time of 3:22.82 minutes. He also posted personal-best times of 22.7 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 50.33 seconds in the 400-meter dash as a junior.
Butler accepted a scholarship from the University of Southern California. His best season came as a redshirt freshman, when he recorded 20 receptions for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, while earning Pac-10 All-Freshman honors. The next year, head coach Pete Carroll left for the NFL and Lane Kiffin was hired to replace him. During his three years with the team, Butler was a backup wide receiver that posted 4 starts, 41 receptions for 554 yards and 3 touchdowns.