Eric Butler

lifecycle: veteran — nflverse joined (player_id=00-0026397) with no stat line and no rookie flag — a veteran without a recorded regular-season line (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-10-16T22:41:06.326Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-10-16T22:41:06.326Z)

• Signed through2028Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY$1,033,333Over The Cap · 2026-08-15
• Cap hit$885,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• Free agency2029 · RFAOver 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)

Searched — none · searched nflverse stats_player_reg 1999–2026 (50637 rows) for player_id 00-0026397: no regular-season stat line. The table records stat lines, so a roster season without one is not distinguishable here; 2026: searched, no line recorded (asOf 2026-09-20)

Searched — none · 2026: searched https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-source record (1123 rows, 2026-09-20T15:36:11.310Z); value not present

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · IND at NEIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · PHI at NE3 tackles (2-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · NE at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.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

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4. 2022 · San Diego State · defensive6 tkl · 0 sackHC Brady HokeCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0026397: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · players.csv row (name-unique-current) carries no pfr_id and no unique name+draft_year / name+school match in combine.csv; a name search is not a keyed search, so this is unknown rather than a recorded absence (asOf 2026-09-20)

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)

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)

• 2026-09-02 · NEwaived rookie S Eric Butler and rookie WR Jimmy Kibble from injured reserve.

  Sources disagree · the filing names 2 reserve/departure states (ir, waived) — the filing is the fact; no single verb is asserted for this player

• 2026-08-30 · NE ↔ MINreleased S Mike Brown, S Eric Butler. G Mehki Butler, OL Jack Conley, CB Brandon Crossley, OL Darrian Dalcourt, WR Nick DeGennaro, CB Marcellas Dial Jr., TE C.J. Dippre, WR Kyle Dixon, WR Cameron Dorner, LB Amari Gainer,
• 2026-08-07 · NESigned rookie free-agent S Eric Butler

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

Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0026397 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)