2016 (Junior): Appeared in nine games for the Panthers at linebacker…Recorded 27 total tackles (16 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack…Also notched two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups…Notched multiple tackles in six games, including a season-best 10 tackles at Charlotte (10/15)…had three solo tackles versus Louisiana Tech (10/22)…Registered a season-high 10 tackles (four solo) with one tackles for loss, one forced fumble and a quarterback hurry at Charlotte (10/15)…Totaled three tackles, including a half tackle for loss at UMass (9/17)…Recorded a then-season-high four tackles with first sack of the season (six-yard loss) versus Maryland (9/9)…Made season debut, collecting on tackle for loss and a forced fumble versus Indiana (9/1).
2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers, starting in seven...Registered 39 tackles (22 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a blocked field goal...Notched four-or-more tackles in five games, including a career-high 14 at Indiana (9/12)...Named game captain versus N.C. Central (9/19)...Had five tackles versus UTEP (10/10)...Blocked a 19-yard field goal at UMass (10/3)...Notched five tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss versus the Minutemen...Had a tackle for loss at LA Tech (9/26)...Made first-career start at Indiana (9/12), registering a career-high 14 tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss...Recorded two tackles in season debut at UCF (9/3).
2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers primarily on special teams...Finished the year with five total tackles (four solo)...Had a career-high two tackles at Old Dominion (11/8)...Made FIU debut versus Bethune-Cookman (8/30).
2013 (Freshman): Redshirted the 2013 season.
Bartow: 2012 Associated Press Class 6A All-State First-Team…2012 PolkPreps.com All-Polk County First-Team…No. 108 on 247Sports’ Florida Top 200…No. 45 on the Orlando Sentinel’s 2013 Midwest Florida Super60...2012 Florida HS Football Class 6A Elite Team Second-Team…2012 Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-District 13 First-Team…rated three stars from Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports…committed on Jan. 24, 2013...played for coaches Shawn Killets and Brett Biggs...recorded 70 tackles, six interceptions...had an interception return for a touchdown, two kick return touchdowns and one punt return touchdown...also played basketball, where he was part of a district and regional championship run...team played in the Final Four.
Personal: Parents - Clearance West and Yulanda Butler...siblings - Deya, Jasmine, Latona, Jeramy, Marcus, Marc and Keiarra...born Aug. 20, 1994...Majoring in international studies...began playing football at age 10...played youth football with the Bartow Unlimited and Bartow Mighty Mights...graduated with honors.
Career Highs (at FIU)
Tackles: 14 at Indiana (Sept. 12, 2015)
TFL: 1.0, five times (last vs. Maryland - Sept. 9, 2016)
Forced Fumble: 1, twice (last vs. Indiana - Sept. 1, 2016)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. WKU (Nov. 21, 2015)
Quarterback Hurries: 1, twice (last at Charlotte - Oct. 15, 2016)
Pass Breakups: 1, twice (last vs. Middle Tennessee - Oct. 29, 2016)
Blocked Kick: 1 at UMass (Oct. 3, 2015)
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