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33 years after departing UGA for the NFL, Kevin Butler will graduate on Friday
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Last: 6 yr ago by dawgpostsucks
Good article. When Kevin left UGA for the NFL he was 6 classes short of completing his undergraduate degree. When the itch was strong enough, he re-enrolled at UGA in Fall of 2016 and his favorite class since then was Business Law.
http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Butler-returns-to-Georgia-to-earn-degree/64e63372-a620-498e-9b2a-df7e12016698
While attending classes, Butler coached kickers and punters as an undergraduate assistant on the Georgia football team during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Last year the Bulldogs won their first SEC championship since 2005 and reached the FBS national title game.
"It was the ultimate," Butler said. "I'd always been on the players side. I've certainly coached kickers, but to have an active role in the game and an active role with the players on a weekly basis, I thought I brought a lot of value to the University of Georgia."
http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Butler-returns-to-Georgia-to-earn-degree/64e63372-a620-498e-9b2a-df7e12016698
While attending classes, Butler coached kickers and punters as an undergraduate assistant on the Georgia football team during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Last year the Bulldogs won their first SEC championship since 2005 and reached the FBS national title game.
"It was the ultimate," Butler said. "I'd always been on the players side. I've certainly coached kickers, but to have an active role in the game and an active role with the players on a weekly basis, I thought I brought a lot of value to the University of Georgia."
https://www.ajc.com/sports/long-after-last-field-goal-bulldogs-butler-makes-good-academic-goal/Bj26YpAFBr9QRm8BXqpz3L/
One class was a required lab course that he didn't fulfill the first time through Georgia. Ecology. One day as he collected samples from a creek, one of his lab partners asked why, exactly, a fellow such as himself was mucking around in a little creek.
Well, he explained, he had been at UGA a long time ago. He had played a little football. Then, in his senior year, he got drafted.
"The girl looked at me funny and goes, you mean, like, the army?" Butler recalled.
One class was a required lab course that he didn't fulfill the first time through Georgia. Ecology. One day as he collected samples from a creek, one of his lab partners asked why, exactly, a fellow such as himself was mucking around in a little creek.
Well, he explained, he had been at UGA a long time ago. He had played a little football. Then, in his senior year, he got drafted.
"The girl looked at me funny and goes, you mean, like, the army?" Butler recalled.
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