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MilesButler
- position Kicker
- height 5-9
- Weight 165
- class Senior
- Hometown Paducah, Ky.
- High school Tilghman
Career
- Saw action in 20 career games
- Hit 11 of 15 field goals with a career long of 46 vs. Charlotte in 2015
- Hit 51 of 52 PATs in his career, including a streak of 50 in a row, dating back to 2015
- Four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll
- First-team 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-American Football Team
- Graduated in December of 2018 with a BBA in finance and a BS in accounting with a minor in economics
- Earned Dean’s List honors seven times
- Held a perfect 4.0 GPA
2018 – Senior
- Team’s second-leading scorer with 61 points, making seven field goals and all 40 of his extra-points
- Hit 7 of 11 FGs
- Hit a career-high eight PATs at Louisville
- Earned a full scholarship in the 2018 fall camp
- Was a semifinalist for the prestigious 2018 Campbell Award which recognizes the nation’s best football scholar-athlete
- First-team 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-American Football Team
- 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Football Team
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 – Junior
- Handled punting duties in the Vanderbilt game with three punts for a 38.7 average and all three inside the 20 yard line
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Dean’s List (Fall 2017)
2016 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Dean’s List (Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
2015 – r-Freshman
- In relief of an injured Austin MacGinnis, he stepped up with his first four career field goals, including a long of 46
- Kicked off in five games and made 11 PATs
- First career action came in kickoff duty vs. Eastern Kentucky, also making 4-of-5 PAT attempts
- Also served in kickoff duty vs. Auburn and Georgia
- Was 7-for-7 in PAT attempts in UK’s win over Charlotte, connecting on 3-of-3 field goal attempts, including his career long of 46
- Made a 20-yard field goal vs. Louisville
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Dean’s List (Spring 2015, Fall 2015)
2014 – Freshman
- Redshirt season
- Dean’s List (Fall 2014)
High School
- Three-year starter at Paducah Tilghman under Coach Randy Wyatt, who played at Kentucky in the 1990s
- Finished his career as a kicker with 212 points, the most in school history
- Holds school records for longest field goal (49 yards), most field goals made in a season (13) and a career (26)
- Ranks fourth in the state for field goals made in a season and is fifth in field goals made in a career
- Two-time all-conference selection
- Also a starter in soccer and a pitcher/utility player in baseball
- Named Mr. Tilghman, and was selected as the Paducah Sun Teen of the Year for 2013-14
- Graduated as Tilghman’s salutatorian with a 4.0+ grade point average
- Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Student Council
Personal
- Born in Paducah, Ky.
- Son of Dr. Danny and Lori Butler
Community Cats
- Stayed after practice to spend time with the Special Olympics (2015)
- Served food to homeless people for Lighthouse Ministries (2015)
- Volunteered at the Indian Summer Camp for children’s cancer survivors (2015)
- Participated in food packing and delivery for God’s Pantry (2015)
Miles Says
- His nickname is “Money Man”
- One word to describe him on the field is “focused”
- His life’s theme song is “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin
- When he’s not playing football he enjoys playing ping-pong and cooking
- His favorite part of the game is when the crowd gets loud