Deon Butler
Deon Butler
Vincent Deon Butleris a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State...
diehard face people recognize super unless
People can't recognize my face unless they are super diehard like they do with Derrick or Justin. If I say I'm No. 3, then people know who I am.
farther shore taking waves
The waves are taking me farther away from the shore and I'm getting real scared.
longest minutes
That was the longest 20 minutes of my life.
kids people talk
Usually, when you're one of the better kids in your area, there's a lot of people that try to talk to you.
came jet people pull rope ski until waited
But they didn't have enough rope to pull me up. So they called the Jet Ski people and waited with me until they came and got me.
extra good guys pressure
I didn't really put any extra pressure on myself because Derrick wasn't there. We've got so many good receivers, guys who can get open, that there's no need to do that.
knew saw
I didn't really look for them. I knew that once I saw the jellyfish, that anything goes.
anybody feels help learn nobody
Nobody feels any seniority, nobody feels like they're better than anybody else or anything like that. We're a team. A family. And we learn from one another and help each other out.
bring credit guys high mentioned next people successful
When you bring in guys like Derrick and Justin, they are going to be the first guys mentioned because they have credit from high school. People know they can be successful at the next level.
came freshmen good might run saw sets special
When the freshmen came in and we saw how good they were and we started to run a lot of three- and four-receiver sets in practice, that's when we started to think that this might be a special year.
help love
We all love to see each other do well. We all love to help each other.
bowl headline learn matter name whose
We all learn from each other and it's not really who's name is in the headline. It doesn't matter to me whose name is in the headline when we get to a bowl game; it's just that we get there.
attention deserve freshmen media true
Those true freshmen deserve all the media attention they're getting.
affected couple days definitely prove
Derrick definitely affected all of us. The first couple days of practice, when he didn't know anybody, he wanted to be the first to go into a drill. He wanted to prove from day one he was the best. He made me better.