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Prospect Primer: WR Hakeem Butler

Butler ranked among the top 10 in the country in 2018 in receiving yards and yards per catch

WR Hakeem Butler
WR Hakeem Butler

Name: Hakeem Butler

Position: WR

Ht.-Wt.: 6-5, 227

School: Iowa State

Key stat: Ranked among the top 10 in the country in 2018 in receiving yards (1,318) and yards per catch (22.0), both school records, while hauling in 60 passes and scoring nine touchdowns. Tied a school mark with six 100-yard receiving games. Production took a big jump from the prior year (41-697-7).

Honors: Named second-team All-America by two publications and second-team All-Big 12 by coaches and media. Earned honorable mention all-conference in 2017 during breakout sophomore year.

More: After losing his mother to cancer as a teenager, moved to Texas to live with his cousins – twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison of Kentucky basketball fame. Academic struggles limited his scholarship offers, but Iowa State was in on him early. Has worked out in the offseason with former NFL receiving stars Calvin Johnson and Anquan Boldin.

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