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Sacramento State

2025 Football Roster

21 Dejuan Butler

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Position NB
  • Hometown Antioch, Calif.
  • High School Antioch HS
  • Previous School Cal
  • Experience 1V

Biography

2024 Season
  • Appeared in all 12 games, primarily seeing action on special teams.
  • Credited with six total tackles, including three solos.
  • Recovered a fumble at Northern Arizona.
  • Had two tackles at East Texas A&M for his season high.
Prior to Sacramento State
  • Spent four years at California where he appeared in 16 games and recorded seven tackles with a forced fumble.
  • Did not play during the 2020 season and redshirted in 2021 after playing in two games.
  • Appeared in nine games in 2022 and was credited with four tackles.
  • Tallied two tackles and forced a fumble against Colorado.
  • Also had two stops against Oregon.
  • Played in five games in 2023.
  • Lone tackle came at Washington.
High School
  • Graduated from Antioch HS in 2020.
  • Was a three-star recruit from 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
  • Ranked as the 56th best cornerback in the country by 247Sports.
  • Contributed 126 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions that he returned for 17 yards and 18 pass breakups on defense as a senior.
  • Rushed for 543 yards and seven touchdowns on 51 attempts as well as 16 receptions for 208 yards and two touchdowns in addition to two rushing two-point conversions on offense.
  • Earned Bay Valley Athletic League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior when he contributed 42 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, one interception that he returned for 17 yards and four pass breakups on defense.
  •  Had 35 rushes for 380 yards and six touchdowns as well as four receptions for 110 yards and one touchdown in addition to a pair of rushing two-point conversions on offense.
  • Recorded 48 tackles, 1.0 TFL, one interception and nine pass breakups on defense for a 7-4 team that was the top seed in the North Coast Section Div. I playoffs as a junior.
  • Also contributed five rushes for 37 yards as well as 12 receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown on offense that same season.
  • Contributed 27 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and five pass breakups on defense as a sophomore.
  • Added 11 rushes for 126 yards one touchdown on the ground on offense for a team that finished 8-4 overall and reached the semifinals of the North Coast Section Div. I playoffs.
  • Played in three games as a freshman and had nine tackles for a team that finished 8-5 and was the runner-up at the North Coast Section Div. I playoffs
  • A two-sport athlete who was also a prep champion in the 200 meters.
Personal
  • Earned his bachelor’s degree from Cal.
  • Is pursuing a second bachelor’s in communications.
  • Parents are David Butler and Carmen Harris.

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2024Graduate Student

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    5'11" 206 lbs
    28
  • 21

    2025Graduate Student

    Nickelback
    5'11" 195 lbs
    21

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