Bill Butler
William Edward Butler
Born: August 12, 1950
Leaksville, NC USA
Deceased: January 23, 2018
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 218
College: Kansas St.
High School: Escambia (Pensacola, FL)
Career: 1972-1974
Drafted: 1972 in Round 5, #111 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Bill Butler played from 1972 to 1974 during his career with the New Orleans Saints. Butler ran for 655 yards in his career on 162 attempts, scoring 1 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 46 passes for 354 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 54 | 233 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 87 | 348 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 162 | 655 | 4.0 | 27 | 1 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 25 | 226 | 9.0 | 21 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 16 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 354 | 7.7 | 21 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
