DEON BUTLER

'Deon Butler' (1986- ) is a wide receiver for the Penn State Nittany Lions. A former walk on defensive back, Butler has since become a record setting wide receiver for Coach Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions. Butler was offered scholarships to several smaller schools, but decided to follow his mother's advice of "shooting for the moon", and enrolled at Penn State without an athletic scholarship. After his first season redshirt defensive back, Butler rose to the top of the depth chart at wide receiver with Derrick Williams to provide a solid deep field threat for quarterback Anthony Morelli. During his freshmen season, Butler broke four school freshmen records: season receptions - 37, receiving yards in a game - 125 yds. versus Wisconsin, season yards with 691 yds. and touchdown catches with 9. ^[1] Butler also holds the single game receiving yards record with 216 yards on 11 receptions against Northwestern on September 30, 2006. ^[2]

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Pre-season awards and watchlists

References

Pre-season awards and watchlists

Deon Butler received the following 2007 Preason awards
::Second-team Athlon Sports pre-season All-Big Ten^[3]
::Second-team ''Sporting News'' pre-season All-Big Ten^[4]
::Maxwell Award watchlist^[5]

References

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2. 'Cats Nipped; Nittany Lions Top Northwestern, 33-7 Deon Butler sets Penn State single-game receiving mark with 11 catches for 216 yards
3. Connor Named To Athlon Pre-Season All-America Team
4. Six Nittany Lions Named To The Sporting News’ All-Big Ten Team
5. 2007 Maxwell Award Watch List