 Butler at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee in 2005 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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| Born: | July 19, 1968 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville) | ||||||||||
| College: | Florida State (1986–1989) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1990 / round: 2 / pick: 48 | ||||||||||
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LeRoy Butler III (born July 19, 1968) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 12-year career from 1990 to 2001 as a safety for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022.[1]
Butler was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was challenged by physical problems which forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times during his childhood.[2] However, he overcame his disability and was able to excel at high school football; Butler was named one of the 33 best Florida High School football players of all time in 2007. He went on to be a three-year starter playing college football for the Florida State Seminoles, and after a successful college career, he was selected in the second round (48th overall) of the 1990 NFL draft by the Packers.
In his 12 seasons with the Packers, Butler was a four-time first-team All-Pro. Butler recorded a sack in the Packers' Super Bowl XXXI win over the New England Patriots, and he is recognized as the creator of the Lambeau Leap touchdown celebration. Butler was named a member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team and was enshrined in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
- ^ Reischel, Rob. "LeRoy Butler Leaps Into The Pro Football Hall Of Fame". Forbes. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ FSU.com :: The star of the greatest play since 'My Fair Lady' turns author Archived May 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine