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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Caean Couto

8 Yame Butler

  • Position G
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Greenbelt, Md.
  • Highschool Roosevelt
  • Prev School Drexel

Biography

Transferred to Butler prior to the 2025-26 season.

2024-25 SEASON AT DREXEL: Started 32 of his 33 games played…scored 13.6 points per game, which was second on the team and 21st in the CAA…led the team in free throws made, and was second on Drexel in field goal percentage (.486), three-pointers made (42) and steals (30)…finished third on the team in both rebounding (4.6 per game) and assists (1.8 per game)…scored in double figures in 27 of his 33 games…had five games scoring 20 or more points…posted the first double-double of his career Jan. 30 at Monmouth with 17 points and 10 rebounds…scored 28 points (on 11-for-17 shooting) against Bryant Dec. 2…went 5-for-6 from three-point range in that game as 25 of his 28 points came in the second half…had six games with seven or more rebounds…had three games attempting 10 or more free throws, including a 10-for-11 performance at the line against Monmouth March 1.
 
2023-24 SEASON AT DREXEL: Played in 31 games and made nine starts…averaged 6.1 points per game…shot 70 percent from the free throw line…scored 10 or more points on four occasions, including a season-high 15 points in the Nov. 11 win at Winthrop…was 6-for-11 from the floor and had a pair of three-pointers against Winthrop…finished the regular season with a 13-point outing vs. Northeastern March 2…was 3-for-3 from deep in the game…shot 49 percent from the floor in conference games and was 41 percent from three-point range against CAA opponents.

2022-23 SEASON AT DREXEL: Played in 17 games, making six starts…averaged 8.6 points per game…shot 47 percent from the floor, 45 percent from behind the arc (14-31) and was 41-for-47 from the line (.872)…had a three-game stretch where he averaged 25.6 points…scored 25 against UNC-Wilmington Feb. 16 and followed that with a career-high 30 points (making 11 of his 13 free throw attempts) at Hampton Feb. 18…had 22 points and was 3-for-5 from three-point range in the Feb. 23 win at Northeastern…scored 17 points off the bench in 16 minutes in the Feb. 8 win at Delaware…scored in double figures in six games.

2021-22 SEASON AT STATE FAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Attended State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Mo.…averaged 10.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game…shot 44 percent from the floor and 35 percent from behind the arc…was a 72-percent free throw shooter…scored 19 points on two occasions and recorded 10 or more in 15 games.

2020-21 SEASON AT FORDHAM: Appeared in 11 games for the Rams, making one start…scored his first collegiate points with a pair of free throws at Duquesne Jan. 9…scored five points vs. St. Bonaventure Jan. 13, including the first made field goal of his career…made all seven of his free throw attempts on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md., where he played for head coach Brendan O’Connell…named Third Team All-County…attended Fork Union Military Academy during the 2019-20 where he played for head coach Matt Donohue.

PERSONAL: Son of Camille and Brian Butler…one of four children…his sister, Journey, passed away in 2016 at 13 years old after battling cancer…also has an older brother and a younger sister.

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