Bengals indication UFL Offensive Player of the Year, Battlehawks WR Hakeem Butler

The Cincinnati Bengals signed 2024 UFL Offensive Player of the Year and previous St. Louis Battlehawks standout receiver Hakeem Butler on Friday, the group revealed.

Butler, who played 2 seasons with the Battlehawks, led the UFL in getting backyards (652) and lawns per catch (14.5) throughout the 2024 routine season. He likewise completed with the fourth-most receptions (45), connected for the second-most getting ratings (five) and the seventh-most all-purpose backyards.

Butler, who was one of just 2 receivers to have several 100-yard getting videogames, was accountable for 2 of the league’s top 3 getting efficiencies (147 and 134 lawns) this season. What’s more, his 2 goal receptions in each of those videogames likewise connected him for most getting ratings in a regular-season videogame, and his 80-yard goal vs. the DC Defenders was the second-longest play from skirmish throughout the routine season.

Butler, 28, was likewise an All-XFL gamer throughout the 2023 season.

Butler, a fourth-round choice by the Arizona Cardinals in 2019 out of Iowa State, captured 101 passes for 2,015 lawns and 16 goals throughout his last 2 seasons as a starter with the Cyclones. He had a quick stint on the Carolina Panthers’ practice team before finalizing with the Philadelphia Eagles as a tight end in2020 He made 2 looks for Philly however neverever captured a pass. 

Butler signed with the Canadian Football League in 2022 before signingupwith the XFL in 2023 and most justrecently invested time with the Pittsburgh Steelers last summerseason before his 2nd stint with the Battlehawks.

The relocation comes in the wake of superstar wideout Ja’Marr Chase sitting out of practice for the 2nd successive day.

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