Xavier Colvin came out to his teammates this past summer. Colvin is a middle linebacker for the Butler football team. Photo by Dana Lee
Xavier Colvin is in the the basement of Hinkle Fieldhouse watching film Monday through Friday. He can pick up on almost any team’s offensive patterns if he watches the film long enough.
Every opponent has a tell. Sometimes it’s a glance at the offensive lineman’s hands. Fairy fingers, his high school football coach called them, when the knuckles don’t quite hit the ground, and it’s just enough to tell whether the offense will pass or rush.