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2023 Football Roster

5 Ahmad Butler

5 Ahmad Butler

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Phenix City, Ala.
  • Prev School:
    Central HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER
Games/Starts:
 51/39
Bison debut: at Ouachita Baptist (9/5/19)
First career start: vs. East Central (9/4/21)
Stats: 77 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 3 INT (23 yards), 19 PBU, 1 FR
Harding Rankings: Passes defended: 16th (22)
Redshirt: 2018

AWARDS
2023 All-GAC (First Team)

2023
Games/Starts: 
15/15
Position: DB
Stats: 30 tackles, 1 INT (5 yards), 8 PBU
HU Leader: 8 PBU
Best Games: 2 tackles, 1 INT at Southern Nazarene (8/31) ... 5 tackles vs. Central Mo. (11/25) ...  3 tackles, 1 PBU, 1 PAT return for 2 points at Southern Ark. (10/21)
Note: 89-yard blocked extra point return for 2-point conversion was Harding's first since Cory Batie's extra point return vs. Okla. Baptist in 2019

2022
Games/Starts:
11/11
Position: DB
Stats: 17 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 6 PBU
Best Games: 4 tackles at Ouachita Baptist (9/24) ... 2 tackles, 2 PBU vs. Okla. Baptist (10/1) ... 3 tackles, 1 PBU at East Central (9/1)


2021
Games/Starts: 
13/13
Position: DB
Stats: 17 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 5 PBU, 1 FR, 1 INT
HU Leader: passes defended (6)
Best Games: 2 tackles, 1 INT vs. East Central (9/4) ... 2 tackles, 3 PBU vs. Washburn (11/20) ... 3 tackles at Southeastern Okla. (9/11)

2019
Games/Starts: 
12/0
Position: DB
Stats: 13 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1 INT
Best Games: 2 tackles, 1.0 TFL vs. Ark.-Monticello (9/14) ... 3 tackles, 1 interception vs. Southwestern Okla. (10/19) ... 3 tackles vs. East Central (11/2)

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama
Honors: Second Team All-Bi-City … four-time region champion … Central High School most improved defensive player … soccer team captain.

PERSONAL
Born: Fort Riley, Kansas
Major: Criminal Justice
Parent: Catina McCollum

CAREER HIGHS
Tackles:
 5, vs Central Mo., Nov 25, 2023
Tackles for loss: 1.0, Ark.-Monticello, Sep 14, 2019 ; at Ark.-Monticello, Oct 22, 2022
Interceptions: 1, Southwestern Okla., Oct 19, 2019 ; East Central, Sep 04, 2021 ; at Southern Nazarene, Aug 31, 2023
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Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 160 lbs
  • 29

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 160 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2020Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 160 lbs
    29
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    5