• 2018 HERO Sports Preseason All-America Third Team
• 2016 All-Big Sky First Team
• 2015 All-Big Sky First Team
• 2015 Sporting News Fab Fifty First Team
• 2015 Associated Press First Team All-America
• 2015 STATS Second Team All-America
• 2015 College Sports Madness First Team All-America
• 1 X Big Sky Player of the Week
• Enters the 2018 season just 49 receptions, 501 yards and two touchdowns from tying Northern Arizona's career records in each of those categories. 
• Butler already holds the single-season records for yards (1,208) and touchdowns (16).
• Has registered 11 100-plus yard receiving performances in career.

2017: Saw action in two games before suffering a season-ending injury…Snagged five passes for 87 yards, including a 44-yard reception in season opener at Arizona (9/2)…Caught one pass for eight yards vs. Western Illinois before leaving due to injury (9/9).

2016: First Team All-Big Sky…Moved up to No. 5 all-time on the NAU career receiving yards chart with 2,446 and No. 2 on the career touchdown receptions chart (26)…Finished the season ranked nationally in the FCS in receiving yards per game (14th), receptions per game (18th) and receiving yards (19th)...Started all 11 games…Became the first NAU player to register 1,000 yards in a season twice…Finished with 1,003 receiving yards to lead NAU in the category for the second straight season…Was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year…Recorded 100 or more yards four times, including three straight to end the season…Opened the season with 118 receiving yards on seven catches at Arizona State…Caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Burton at Western Illinois for his first of the season…Tied the school record of five touchdown receptions (13-3-13-51-4) in the 73-3 win over New Mexico Highlands…Finished the game with 99 receiving yards…Recorded 56 receiving yards at Eastern Washington…At Northern Colorado had 58 receiving yards and 68 yards at Montana State…Registered two touchdown receptions in the win over Idaho State to total 88 yards in the game…In the win at Weber State racked up a season-high 157 receiving yards on nine catches…Had 106 receiving yards on nine catches at North Dakota…Ended the season with 100 receiving yards on nine catches and a 26-yard touchdown against Southern Utah.

2015: College Sporting News 2015 Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team…Associated Press FCS All-America Third Team…STATS FCS All-America Second Team…College Sports Madness FCS All-America First Team…All-Big Sky First Team…2015 NAU Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player…Finished the season ranked nationally in the FCS in receiving touchdowns (2nd), receiving yards (6th), receiving yards per game (4th), scoring (17th), yards per reception (12th)…Broke the 16-year old NAU single season receiving yards record with 1,208…Averaged 18.9 yards per catch to rank eighth on the all-time chart…Tied the single-season touchdown receptions record with 15…Named the Week 1 Co-Big Sky ROOT SPORTS Offensive Player of the Week...His first catch of the season was a 57-yard score down the field…Twenty seconds into the second quarter, Butler’s second catch was a 47-yard touchdown, turning his first-two catches of the season into scores…By halftime at SFA, Butler had 106 yards…Butler finished the SFA game 30 yards shy of breaking the 36-year old school record for single game receiving yards (245)…He notched a career-high 216 yards in the contest…Against New Mexico Highlands caught two passes for 54 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown in limited action…Registered a career-long 62 yard catch on the road at the University of Arizona, racking up 119 yards on five catches versus the Top 25 FBS team…Registered his second straight 100-plus yard receiving game at Montana with 126 yards on four catches and two touchdowns…At home against Montana State pulled down five catches for 72 yards, including a two-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter…Came away with 110 yards and one score on seven catches at UC Davis…Had 41 receiving yards on three catches versus Weber State…Tallied a career-high 10 catches leading to 158 yards and a career single-game high four touchdowns…Grabbed seven balls for 80 yards and a score in the victory at No. 4 Eastern Washington…Closed out the season with back-to-back 100 yard receiving games…In the home finale tallied six catches for 119 yards and a touchdown, then closed out the season at Southern Utah with 113 receiving yards on eight catches…Joined Casey Jahn as the fourth duo in school history to record 1,000 rushing and receiving yards in the same season…Registered 22 catches of 20 yards or more, 11 of 30 yards or more, six of 40 yards or more, three of 50 yards of more, and one over 60 yards...

2014: Was named the NAU Athletics Male Newcomer of the Year...Started in NAU’s season opener at San Diego State as a true freshman…Tallied a total of two starts while playing in all 12 games…Caught a total of 13 passes for 235 yards, leading all NAU freshmen…Averaged 18.1 yards per catch and 19.6 yards per game…Was the only underclassmen to score two or more touchdowns…Both of his touchdowns came in the win over New Mexico Highlands…Had a career-high 61 receiving yards at North Dakota…Backed up the performance the following week with 60 receiving yards versus Southern Utah…Had three games with 50 or more receiving yards…Had a career-long catch of 41 yards against Cal Poly.

High School: A 2014 graduate of Mountain Pointe High School…Three-year starter, captain and two-year letterwinner for Norris Vaughn…Named All-Region and All-City…Team went undefeated, 14-0, won first state championship in school history.

Personal: Born Emmanuel Earl Butler August 27...Son of Earl Butler and Helen Evans…Has one brother, Isaiah, and one sister, Destiny…Also was a four-year captain in basketball.

Career Highs
Points Scored: 30 (New Mexico Highlands • 9/17/16) 
Touchdowns: 5 (New Mexico Highlands • 9/17/16) 
Receptions: 10 (Northern Colorado • 10/31/15) 
Receiving Yards: 216 (at Stephen F. Austin • 9/5/15)
Receiving TDs: 5 (New Mexico Highlands • 9/17/16)
Longest Reception: 62 (at Arizona • 9/19/15) 
All-Purpose Yards: 216 (at Stephen F. Austin • 9/5/15)