Hakeem Butler

WVU, West Virginia, FB, Football, 2018-19

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-6
Weight:
202
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.
High School:
Travis {Texas}

Awards and Honors
Second-Team All-American – The Athletic, College Football News (2018)
State Farm All-Star Football Challenge (2019)
All-Bowl Team – USA Today (2018)
First-Team All-Big 12 – ESPN (2018)
Second-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches, AP (2018)
Biletnikoff Award Watch List (2018)
Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist (2018)
Ray Scott Outstanding Offensive Skill Player (2018)
HM All-Big 12 – Coaches (2017)

2018
Second-Team All-American by The Athletic and College Football News … First-Team All-Big 12 by ESPN and a second-team selection by the Coaches and AP … member of the Biletnikoff Award watch list and a semifinalist for the Tyler Rose Award … All-Bowl Team by USA Today … recorded one of the greatest seasons by a wide receiver in Iowa State history, shattering the school record for receiving yards in a season with 1,318 … third in the nation in yards per reception at 22.0, setting a new single-season school record … tallied 60 receptions and nine touchdown catches, tying for second on ISU’s season list … ranked third nationally in 40-yard receptions with 10 … ranked ninth nationally in receiving yards per game (101.4) and 29th nationally in receiving touchdowns (9) … posted six 100-yard receiving games, tying an ISU season mark… ended season and career with a streak of 28-straight games with a reception, the third-longest string in school history … tallied six catches for 174 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oklahoma, tying for the 11^th-best single-game receiving effort in school history … had 100-yard receiving efforts vs. West Virginia (107) and Texas Tech (148) with a touchdown grab in each game … his 48-yard touchdown catch vs. the Red Raiders sealed the victory in the fourth quarter … had five receptions for 164 yards and two touchdowns vs. Kansas … corralled a 83-yard touchdown vs. the Jayhawks, tying for the fifth-longest reception in ISU history … had five receptions for 144 yards vs. Kansas State … posted career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (192) vs. Washington State in the Alamo Bowl … his 192 yards ties for the fifth-best single-game effort in school history and set a new bowl record by a Cyclone … had a streak of a touchdown catch in four-straight games, tying for the third-longest string in ISU history … ended career with 110 receptions, 2,149 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns catches in just three seasons … his career receiving yards ranks fourth in school history and career touchdown catches ranks third in school history … also had eight 100-yard receiving games in his career, tying for the second-best total in the ISU record book … owns the school record in yards per reception in a career at 19.5.

2017
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 … member of the Tyler Rose Award watch list … had a breakout sophomore season, ranking second on the team in receiving yards (697) and tying for third in receptions (41) … caught seven touchdown passes, tying for 10th on Iowa State’s season list … ranked 47^th nationally in yards per reception (17.0) … ISU’s big-play threat, was responsible for four of ISU’s six 50-yard plays from scrimmage, catching passes for 74, 67, 57 and 52 yards … had two 100-yard receiving games … caught a pass in all 13 games … had seven catches for 75 yards and a touchdown vs. UNI … against Iowa, caught five passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns … corralled a 74-yard reception for a touchdown vs. Iowa … his one reception vs. Oklahoma in the final minute of the first half went for 54 yards and led to a field goal at the end of the half … tallied a touchdown catch vs. No. 4 TCU to help the Cyclones down the Horned Frogs … made a spectacular one-handed, over-the-shoulder snare for a 67-yard touchdown vs. Baylor … posted his second 100-yard game of the year with 111 yards on five receptions in the Liberty Bowl vs. Memphis … scored the first touchdown of the game on a 52-yard catch.

2016
Saw action in 11 games, catching nine passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns … earned one start … his first career reception was a leaping 18-yard one-handed touchdown grab vs. UNI … tallied a season-long 39-yard reception that went for a touchdown vs. Texas Tech … had two catches for 36 yards vs. West Virginia.

2015
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Chose Iowa State over Houston, New Mexico State and McNeese State … two-sport standout in football and basketball … earned all-conference honors in 2014, catching 28 passes for 378 yards and five TDs … averaged over double figures in basketball in his junior season.

Personal
Born May 16, 1996 … son of Sheryl Butler … guardians are Aaron and Marian Harrison … first cousins to Aaron and Andrew Harrison, former Kentucky basketball stars who are currently playing professionally … moved in with his aunt and uncle in the Houston area after his mother died of cancer in 2012 … earned his degree in liberal studies in December of 2018.