Rocky Butler
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[edit] Biography
Acquired:
Signed by Toronto as a free agent on July 16, 2007.
2007:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Acquired by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a trade with the Saskatchewan Roughriders along with second round (OL Jordan Rempel) and fifth round (DB Nick Kordic) picks in the 2007 CFL Canadian Draft on January 31. In exchange, the Ticats sent non-import offensive lineman Wayne Smith, import wide receiver D.J. Flick and the Ticats’ second round draft pick (WR Dave McKoy) in the 2007 CFL Draft...Attended training camp with Hamilton and released on June 27.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
2006:
Recorded 613 yards on 38 completions with five touchdowns and only one interception ... also added 115 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown
2005:
Dressed in all 18 regular season games…also dressed in Eastern Semi-Final…spent season as third string quarterback…also held on all placements.
2004:
Dressed in 18 regular season games...entered game in first quarter of week 1 after injury to Nealon Greene...completed 13 of 28 passes for 157 yards...starting quarterback in week 2...completed 17 of 36 passes for 158 yards...played final series in week 9 completing one pass for 17 yards and rushing twice for 11 yards.
2003:
Dressed eight games as third-string quarterback...placed on injured list in week nine...spent remainder of season on injured list...entered game in fourth quarter of week 5...completed one pass for 18 yards and rushed twice for 29 yards
2002:
Dressed for 11 games in 2002...started one game at quarterback...on roster as backup quarterback in East Semi-Final...on practice roster for first 7 weeks of season...made CFL debut in week 8...made first career CFL start in week 10 against Winnipeg...completed 9 of 15 passes for 155 yards...also rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns.
College:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Hofstra Pride
Spent four seasons at Hofstra University...started two seasons at quarterback...completed 206-of-335 passes for 3,111 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior...also rushed 115 times for 453 yards and 10 TDs while leading Hofstra to a 9-2 regular season record...finished second in voting for the Walter Payton Award that goes to the nation's best Division I-AA player...was redshirted in 1997.
Personal:
Rocky splits his time in the off-season between New York and Pennsylvania...enjoys playing basketball and video games.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Passing Stats
| year | team | league | games | ATT | CMP | PCT | YDS | YPA | TD | INT | SKD | SKY | RAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.9 |
| 2003 | SSK | CFL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| 2004 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 65 | 31 | 47.7 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 |
| 2005 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 |
| 2006 | SSK | CFL | 17 | 73 | 38 | 52.1 | 613 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.6 |
| 2007 | TOR | CFL | 15 | 86 | 50 | 58.1 | 683 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.2 |
| 6 year CFL career | 42 | 242 | 130 | 53.7 | 1816 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 66.8 | ||
[edit] Rushing Stats
| year | team | league | games | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| 2003 | SSK | CFL | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2004 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 26 | 107 | 4.1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| 2005 | SSK | CFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | SSK | CFL | 17 | 16 | 115 | 7.2 | 1 | 32 | 3 |
| 2007 | TOR | CFL | 15 | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 year CFL career | 42 | 66 | 378 | 5.7 | 5 | 32 | 8 | ||




