Percy Butler is an S out of Louisiana. The tier model reads him as a role player — 6% elite, 25% starter.
Instincts
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He's average in man coverage but plays with instincts and catch disruption from zone.”
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Upside free safety with feast-or-famine tackle approach that creates inconsistencies teams will need to have corrected.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Butler vacillates between punishing hitting and taking arm-tackling angles in the open field.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a single-high-S.
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“…Upside free safety with feast-or-famine tackle approach that creates inconsistencies teams will need to have corrected. Butler vacillates between punishing hitting and taking arm-tackling angles in the open field. He's average in man coverage but plays with instincts and catch disruption from zone. He might see an uptick in his future value if he can get his run tackling solidified. Butler's outstanding work as a gun…”
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