Player file
Matthew Butler
DT Defensive Tackle · Tennessee · #91
6' 3" · 305 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1999-06-10 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
MIA · Current membership unresolved
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037280 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)
Inspect
no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037280 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
2026Signed through
APY $1,145,000 · cap hit $1,145,000
Over The Cap · 2026-08-30Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
- APY$1,145,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-15
- Cap hit$1,145,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-08-30
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2025 · MIA · DT · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 1 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · LV · DT · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · LV · DT · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · LV · DT · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 solo tkl · 1 ast · 0.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · MIA at WAS3 tackles (0-3)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NYG at MIAStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ATL at MIAStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2021 · Tennessee · defensive47 tkl · 5 sackHC Josh HeupelCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Tennessee · defensive43 tkl · 2 sackHC Jeremy PruittCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Tennessee · defensive45 tkl · 2.5 sackHC Jeremy PruittCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Tennessee · defensive13 tkl · 0 sackHC Jeremy PruittCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Tennessee · defensive4 tkl · 0 sackHC Brady HokeCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · DT · Tennessee · 6-4 · 297 lb40 5 · bench 17 · vert 32" · broad 112" · 3-cone 7.89 · shuttle 4.81drafted 2022 · round 5 · Las Vegas Raiders
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-08-30 · MIAReleased defensive lineman Matthew Butler , inside linebacker Tyrel Dodson , edge Cameron Goode , tackle Charlie Heck , safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. , wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. , edge David Ojabo , wide receiver Ja
- 2026-03-12 · MIARe-signed defensive lineman Matthew Butler, inside linebacker Willie Gay Jr. and kicker Riley Patterson.
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2025
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present