This article by Michael Hurley: Malcolm Butler 'A Long Way From West Alabama' At Super Bowl LI has some information on Butler's final college game I hadn't seen before.
Highlights:
- University of West Alabama has about 2000 students, 3/4 of whom are female.
- Butler's team won the final game with 91 points. His coach wanted to take him out of the game, but he wanted to stay in because he thought it might be the last game.
- Butler was doing "ladder drills" at home when he got a phone call from an unknown number. That number turned out to be the Patriots, who invited him for a tryout. As soon as Butler was on the field, it was obvious he would be signed. Belichick still hasn't said how the Patriots first found him, though: no other NFL team expressed any interest whatsoever in Butler.
Highlights:
- University of West Alabama has about 2000 students, 3/4 of whom are female.
- Butler's team won the final game with 91 points. His coach wanted to take him out of the game, but he wanted to stay in because he thought it might be the last game.
- Butler was doing "ladder drills" at home when he got a phone call from an unknown number. That number turned out to be the Patriots, who invited him for a tryout. As soon as Butler was on the field, it was obvious he would be signed. Belichick still hasn't said how the Patriots first found him, though: no other NFL team expressed any interest whatsoever in Butler.
