Has any player come out of nowhere to grab football fame the way that Malcolm Butler did?
A rookie from West Alabama whose pro career had started as a tryout player at New England’s rookie minicamp, Butler came off the bench to win Super Bowl XLIX for the Patriots on Feb. 1, 2015.
Butler intercepted a pass at the goal line with 20 seconds left to secure New England’s 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL championship game for the 2014 season. Seattle was 1 yard away from back-to-back Super Bowl victories when Butler jumped Ricardo Lockette’s slant route to intercept quarterback Russell Wilson’s second-down pass.