2025 Football Roster
Roster
Butler, Ryan

Jersey Number 9
Ryan Butler
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, New Jersey
- High School:
- Bergen Catholic
Bio
Honors
Stanford
2024
Saw action in eight games during his junior season, both on special teams and on offense…
Carried the ball seven times for 44 yards, adding two catches for 11 yards... His 22-yard dash against Wake Forest marked his longest while competing for the Cardinal... Appeared in 70 offensive snaps and 105 special teams snaps.
2023
Appeared in 10 games during his first season at Stanford, making two starts… Drew his first start as a Cardinal at No. 12 Oregon State, and his last start came in the season finale vs. No. 19 Notre Dame… Carried the ball 18 times for 60 yards, adding one catch for four yards… Best game came in the season opener, where he ran eight times for 30 yards in a 37-24 Stanford win over Hawai'i… Season opener at Hawai'i featured his season-long rush (17 yards) and his lone reception.
Princeton
Spent one year at Princeton, appearing in every game and setting the program's freshman rushing touchdown (11)… Ran for 501 yards while adding 12 catches for 87 yards… Compiled 94 total yards with two combined touchdowns vs. Harvard.
Bergen Catholic HS
Three-time All-State selection, including First-Team All-State as a senior, for coach Vito Campanile while setting the school’s all-time record for all-purpose yards and rushing for over 3,000. Bergen won a pair of state titles and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country…. Also ran track… National Honor Society… Member of the Mu Alpha Theta, English and Social Studies Honor Society and earned the Thomas Fuchs Medal for Mathematics.
Personal
Full name: Ryan Butler… Born: October 26… Father: Mark Butler … One sister… … Rice College: GSA... Enrolled in Rice’s Master’s of Global Affairs program.
- Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2022)
- FCS Jerry Rice Award Finalist (2022)
- Phil Steele Third-Team All-Ivy (2022)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 19, 2022, Oct. 3, 2022, Oct. 17, 2022, Oct. 24, 2022, Oct. 31, 2022)
Stanford
2024
Saw action in eight games during his junior season, both on special teams and on offense…
Carried the ball seven times for 44 yards, adding two catches for 11 yards... His 22-yard dash against Wake Forest marked his longest while competing for the Cardinal... Appeared in 70 offensive snaps and 105 special teams snaps.
2023
Appeared in 10 games during his first season at Stanford, making two starts… Drew his first start as a Cardinal at No. 12 Oregon State, and his last start came in the season finale vs. No. 19 Notre Dame… Carried the ball 18 times for 60 yards, adding one catch for four yards… Best game came in the season opener, where he ran eight times for 30 yards in a 37-24 Stanford win over Hawai'i… Season opener at Hawai'i featured his season-long rush (17 yards) and his lone reception.
Princeton
Spent one year at Princeton, appearing in every game and setting the program's freshman rushing touchdown (11)… Ran for 501 yards while adding 12 catches for 87 yards… Compiled 94 total yards with two combined touchdowns vs. Harvard.
Bergen Catholic HS
Three-time All-State selection, including First-Team All-State as a senior, for coach Vito Campanile while setting the school’s all-time record for all-purpose yards and rushing for over 3,000. Bergen won a pair of state titles and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country…. Also ran track… National Honor Society… Member of the Mu Alpha Theta, English and Social Studies Honor Society and earned the Thomas Fuchs Medal for Mathematics.
Personal
Full name: Ryan Butler… Born: October 26… Father: Mark Butler … One sister… … Rice College: GSA... Enrolled in Rice’s Master’s of Global Affairs program.
Houston postgame
Sunday, September 07
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04