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LanceButler
- position Kicker
- height 6-1
- Weight 175
- class Freshman
- Hometown Paducah, Ky.
- High school Paducah Tilghman
2019 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
- Dean’s list (Fall 2019)
High School
- Three-year starter as the punter and kicker for head coach Jonathan Smith at Paducah Tilghman
- Hit 40-of-42 extra points as a senior, helping the Blue Tornado finish 9-3
- No punt or kickoffs were returned for a TD
- Two-time second-team All-State punter
- Two-time All-Purchase Team selection
- A four-sport standout as he also played soccer, baseball and was a sprinter on the track and field team
- Excellent in the classroom, earning the Mr. Tilghman Distinguished Student Award
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Member of several student organizations at Tilghman, including Academic Team, Mock Trial, Fellowship of Student Athletes (served as president) and BETA club
- Choose Kentucky over Alabama
Personal
- Born in Paducah, Kentucky
- Son of Danny and Lori Butler
- Siblings are Miles, Reece, and Raven
- Brother, Miles, was a kicker for UK from 2015-18
- Major is mathematical economics
Lance Says
- He chose Kentucky to follow in his brother’s footsteps
- Dream job is to one day own his own restaurant
- Most people don’t know that he can speak Spanish
- Three words to describe him are serious, focused, and nice
- The best advice he’s ever received is “treat your hobbies and passions like a job”