As a Sophomore (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

Prior to Stanford

  • Honorable Mention All-Ivy (2022)
  • FCS Jerry Rice Award Watch List (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)
  • Spent one year at Princeton, appearing in every game and setting the program's freshman rushing touchdown record with 11
  • Ran for 501 yards while adding 12 catches for 87 yards
  • Collected 94 total yards with two combined touchdowns vs. Harvard
  • Played for head coach Vito Campanile at Bergen Catholic
  • Three-time All-State including First-Team All-State as a senior
  • Three-time All-County and All-Conference
  • Conference Player of the Year in 2021
  • Bergen Catholics’s all-time leader in All-Purpose yards
  • Became the second person to break 3,000 career rushing yards
  • Is second in program history in touchdowns
  • Team was two-time state champion and ranked as high in No. 3 in the country
  • Also lettered in track
  • National Honor Society
  • Member of the Mu Alpha Theta, English and Social Studies Honor Society
  • Finished in the top 10 percent of his class
  • Earned the Thomas Fuchs Medal for Mathematics

Personal

  • Son of Mark Butler
  • Has a sister, Vivienne
  • Father, Mark, played football at Penn State
Ryan Butler
2024
Running Back
5-11 / 210 lbs