Adam Butler
Las Vegas RaidersModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 15 games
Draft & College
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Comps
STM Take
First STTM ranking at tier 8 (#76) in year nine as a 2017 UDFA puts Butler in the rare journeyman late-career class with structural rotational depth ceiling. The Vanderbilt SEC UDFA origin plus the two Super Bowl rings (LII, LIII) give him real championship-pedigree veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Butler holds an active-roster spot at age 31 or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.
Butler came out of Vanderbilt as a 2017 undrafted free agent signed by the New England Patriots and won Super Bowls LII and LIII as a rotational interior defender. He has bounced through the Patriots, Dolphins, Raiders across nine NFL seasons. His first STTM appearance in the top 80 comes in 2025 at tier 8 (#76) with Las Vegas, an unusual year-nine emergence.
Strengths
- Two Super Bowl rings (LII, LIII) plus nine years of NFL survival as a 2017 UDFA gives him the rare journeyman champion résumé.
- Vanderbilt SEC UDFA origin plus the multi-team experience gives him real plug-in pass-rush rotation veteran value.
Concerns
- First STTM appearance in year nine plus tier 8 (#76) finish caps the long-term projection certainty.
- Las Vegas's broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Butler.
What to watch: Whether Butler holds an active-roster spot for the full 2026 season or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.