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2024 Football Roster

47 Will Butz

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 230
  • Hometown Ashburn, Va.
  • Previous School Riverside
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Did not see action … Served as team manager.

2023: Played in nine games, primarily on special teams.

2022: Appeared in three games … Recorded two tackles and 0.5 sacks … Had a solo tackle against Marist … Had an assisted tackle, 0.5 tackle for loss and 0.5 sack in the game against Cornell.
 
2021: Did not see any game action as a first-year linebacker … Contributed on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2021 graduate of Riverside High School in Leesburg, Va., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Jimmy Longerbeam … Named All-Region as an all-purpose player in 2019 … Named 5A All-Potomac District as an all-purpose player in 2019 … Three-time Academic Letter recipient … Saw action as an outside linebacker and safety and wide receiver early in his career for the Rams … Served as team captain as a senior in 2021 ... School moved 2020 football season to the spring … Team played just four games in 2021 … Totaled 69 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, recovered two fumbles, and intercepted a pass during junior year in 2019 … Made 14 tackles, four tackles for loss, scored one touchdown and rushed for 97 yards vs. Woodgrove in 2021 … Also competed one year on the lacrosse team and helped guide the Rams to a state championship in 2019 … Two-time AP Scholar award recipient in 2019 and 2020 … Involved in a variety of community service activities including Special Olympics Basketball and Elementary School Tutoring.
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College…Plans to major in Economics

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Historical Player Information

  • 47

    2021First Year

    Linebacker
    6'1" 215 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2022Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 235 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
    47