About LeRoy Butler 

LeRoy Butler was raised by his mother Eunice in the crime-infested Blodgett Homes housing project on Jacksonville, Florida’s west side. His parents separated when he was a toddler, and his mother supported LeRoy and his four siblings by working first as a secretary and later as a nurse. He was born so pigeon-toed that doctors had to break bones in both of his feet when he was only eight months to correct the problem and he spent much of his early youth in a wheelchair. Between the ages of six and eight, he was had to wear leg braces. During this time, doctors predicted that LeRoy would be lucky if he ever walked normally. 

When he was eight years old, LeRoy discovered he no longer needed his leg braces when his older sister inadvertently knocked him out of his wheelchair, sending his leg braces flying as well. Upon picking himself up, LeRoy discovered that he could not only walk normally, but he could also run pretty well. By the time he was ten years old, Butler was starring on the neighborhood football team.

He was recruited by football powerhouse Robert E. Lee High School where he became a unanimous All-America pick and he accepted a football scholarship to Florida State University. At Florida State, LeRoy would be responsible for the famed “puntrooskie” and would also earn a consensus All-America honor. LeRoy was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 1990 draft.

During his 12-year career, he was selected All-Pro four times, named to the Pro Bowl four times, and was named to the NFL 1990’s All Decade Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He became a Super Bowl champion after the Packers defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2007 and, in 2022, LeRoy became the 357th member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. During his career with the Packers, LeRoy was the first defensive back in NFL history to gain entrance in the 20 Sack/20 Interception Club.

All in all, he recorded 953 tackles, 38 interceptions, 20 ½ sacks, 12 fumble recoveries, 3 defensive touchdowns and was the inventor of a very famous touchdown celebration in Lambeau.