Butler University Athletics

2024 Season (Graduate): All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention selection... Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts… Ended the year with 19 tackles… Credited with seven solo stops while assisting on 12… Had one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss… Recorded a season-high four tackles at Drake (10/12)… Followed that game with four tackles and a sack vs. Dayton (10/19)… Made three tackles at Davidson (10/26)… Closed out the year with two tackles vs. St. Thomas (11/16) and two more at Presbyterian (11/23).

Prior to Butler: Saw playing time in eight games during the 2023 season at Illinois State… Made a season-high three tackles in the season opener vs. Dayton… Saw action in nine games during the 2022 season… Ended the year with seven tackles, one sack and one QB hurry… Best performance included a sack and two tackles in the Illinois State win over Eastern Illinois… Played in two games during the 2021 season… Took a redshirt year in the Spring 2021 season.

High School: Two-year starter… Averaged six tackles per game as a senior, while helping the team to a 9-1 record and a conference championship… Earned all-conference and all-state honors in his final season, while serving as a team captain and a member of the team’s leadership council… Played in all 10 games as a junior, earning all-conference honors… Helped his team win a conference title… Averaged over five tackles per game… Earned a varsity letter in basketball.

Personal: Son of Kenneth Cross and Sheila Blair… Has six siblings… Strategic Communications major.

Why Cross Chose Butler
“I wanted to attend grad school in Indiana and be part of something great.”