36 Trace Butcher
36 - Trace Butcher
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180
Hometown: Dacula, Ga.
Position: K
Year: Sr.
High School: Mill Creek HS
fg 12-14
pat 52-53
pts 88

2025 All-South Atlantic Conference First Team - Kicker
2024 SAC All-Mountain Division - Kicker
2023 SAC All-Mountain Division - Kicker

2024 Preseason All-SAC Mountain Division - Kicker

2023 SAC Statistical Champion - Field Goals Per Game

South Atlantic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week - Oct. 6, 2025
South Atlantic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week - Oct. 7, 2024
South Atlantic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week - Sept. 11, 2023
South Atlantic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week - Nov. 7, 2022

2024: Named to the SAC All-Mountain Division ... Played in all 11 games his junior season ... Went 43-for-47 on extra points including an 8-for-9 performance against UVA Wise (Nov. 9) ... Made 11-of-16 field goal attempts, connecting on a pair at Anderson (Oct. 19) and at Newberry (Nov. 16) ... Had a season-long of 49 yards against Newberry ... Named the SAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 7.

2023: Named to the SAC All-Mountain Division as a kicker ... Was also the SAC Statistical Champion for Field Goals Per Game (1.09) ... Played in all 11 games as a sophomore ... Made 35-of-36 extra points going 8-for-8 at Concord (Sept. 2) and against Erskine (Nov. 4) ... Made 12-of-18 field goal attempts, tying the school record twice with three at Bluefield State (Sept. 9) and against Tusculum (Oct. 21) ... Hit a career-long 50-yard kick at Catawba (Sept. 30) ... Selected as the SAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 11.

2022: Played in 10 games as a freshman as the team's placekicker ... Went 23-for-25 on PATs and tied the school record with 14 field goals (14-for-18) ... Had two games with three field goals made (vs. Newberry - Sept. 17; at Erskine - Nov. 5) ... Hit a season-long of 44 yards on two occasions ... Selected as the SAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Nov. 7.

Recent Games
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13
Statistics category Overall Conf
Field goals made 12 9
Field goal attempts 14 11
Field goal % 86% 82%
Field goal long 47 47
P-A-T made 52 39
P-A-T attempts 53 40
P-A-T % 98% 98%
Points 88 66
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 1 1 34 6 6 9
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 0 0 0 5 5 5
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 2 2 45 2 2 8
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 0 0 0 4 5 4
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 0 0 0 6 6 6
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 3 3 47 - - 9
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 2 3 40 6 6 12
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 2 3 22 2 2 8
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 0 0 0 4 4 4
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 2 2 36 7 7 13
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 0 0 0 10 10 10
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 1 - - - - 0
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 1 - - - - 0
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 1 - - - - 0
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 1 - - - - 0
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 1 - - - - 0
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 1 - - - - 0
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 1 - - - - 0
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 1 - - - - 0
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 1 - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 9 - - - - - - 6 1 0 0 0
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 5 - - - - - - 5 0 0 0 0
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 8 - - - - - - 2 2 0 0 0
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 4 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0 0
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 6 - - - - - - 6 0 0 0 0
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 9 - - - - - - - 3 - 0 -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 12 - - - - - - 6 2 - 0 0
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 8 - - - - - - 2 2 0 0 0
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 4 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0 0
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 13 - - - - - - 7 2 0 0 0
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 10 - - - - - - 10 0 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 30 at Glenville State W, 45-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 6 Catawba W, 35-7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 13 at No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 31-28 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 20 at Tusculum W, 34-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 27 Anderson (S.C.) W, 42-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 4 No. 22 Carson-Newman W, 19-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Mars Hill W, 48-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Wingate L, 27-20 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 25 at Newberry L, 36-34 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 8 Shaw W, 55-7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 15 at UVA Wise W, 70-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 43 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 11 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 10 - - - - - - -
2023-24 11 - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 - - - - - - -
2025-26 11 - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 10 14 18 78% 44 23 25 92% 65
2023-24 11 12 18 67% 50 35 36 97% 71
2024-25 11 11 16 69% 49 43 47 91% 76
2025-26 11 12 14 86% 47 52 53 98% 88
Total 43 49 66 74% 50 153 161 95% 300
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 11 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
2025-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 .0
2023-24 11 - - - - 0 .0
2024-25 11 - - - - 0 .0
2025-26 11 - - - - 0 .0
Total 43 - - - - 0 .0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 65 6.5 - - - - - - 23 14 0 0
2023-24 71 6.5 - - - - - - 35 12 0 0
2024-25 76 6.9 - - - - - - 43 11 0 0
2025-26 88 8.0 - - - - - - 52 12 0 0
Total 300 7.0 - - - - - - 153 49 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025-26 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 43 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 11 - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 11 12 14 86% 47 52 53 98% 88
Conference 9 9 11 82% 47 39 40 98% 66
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 5 7 8 88% 47 20 20 100% 41
Away 6 5 6 83% 45 32 33 97% 47
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 8 8 9 89% 47 44 45 98% 68
Losses 3 4 5 80% 45 8 8 100% 20
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August 1 1 1 100% 34 6 6 100% 9
September 4 2 2 100% 45 17 18 94% 23
October 4 7 9 78% 47 12 12 100% 33
November 2 2 2 100% 36 17 17 100% 23
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 11 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 9 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 5 - - - - 0 .0
Away 6 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 8 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 3 - - - - 0 .0
-
August 1 - - - - 0 .0
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 88 8.0 - - - - - - 52 12 0 0
Conference 66 7.3 - - - - - - 39 9 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 41 8.2 - - - - - - 20 7 0 0
Away 47 7.8 - - - - - - 32 5 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 68 8.5 - - - - - - 44 8 0 0
Losses 20 6.7 - - - - - - 8 4 0 0
-
August 9 9.0 - - - - - - 6 1 0 0
September 23 5.8 - - - - - - 17 2 0 0
October 33 8.3 - - - - - - 12 7 0 0
November 23 11.5 - - - - - - 17 2 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 11 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 9 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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August 1 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0