UIndy Athletics

QUICK HITS
Standout offensive lineman gunning for a fourth consecutive all-conference nod … enters the 2025 season having started 28 consecutive games at three different position … part of a unit that last fall ranked eighth in DII in red zone offense, 11th in scoring offense, 12th in total offense and 17th in rushing offense  … helped UIndy to a GLVC title and a playoff berth each of the last three seasons.

AWARDS
2025 D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000 preseason Watch List
2x All-GLVC First Team
2022 All-GLVC Second Team
2022 UIndy Offensive Freshman of the Year
2024 CSC Academic All-District
3x Academic All-GLVC

HIGH SCHOOL
Garnered IHSA All-State Honorable Mention on the offensive line as a senior … three-time All-Apollo Conference honoree as an o-lineman, earning all-conference first team accolades on both the o- and d-line in 2021 … helped IHSA playoffs in two of the last three years, including a second-round appearance in 2019 … named to the 2022 Illinois High School Shrine Game roster … also a four-year letterman on the baseball team, pitching and playing first base … honor roll student and National Honor Society member … on track to graduate summa cum laude.
 
PERSONAL
Exercise Science major … son of Darin and Kristin Buttz … oldest of three brothers.