4-star athlete Aaron Butler commits to Colorado Buffaloes

Calabasas (Calif.) four-star athlete Aaron Butler has committed Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Butler announced his commitment during one of Deion Sanders’ live videos on Instagram.

Butler picked the Buffaloes over Alabama, Georgia, Miami and Oregon.

The 5-foot-11.5, 165-pounder is the No. 122 overall prospect and No. 4 athlete in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 16 player in California.

Butler visited Colorado twice during the spring and was in attendance for the Buffaloes spring game on April 22.

“Coach Prime, he wants dawgs,” Butler told Hayes Fawcett on Feb. 22. “I’m a dawg. He’s one of the greatest players to ever play the game, as I will be. I don’t think I need to say any more on that.”

With his pledge, Butler is currently the highest-ranked player in Colorado’s 2024 recruiting class. The class currently has five pledges and is ranked No. 22 in the country and No. 2 in the Pac-12.

Colorado’s other 2024 pledges include Valdosta (Ga.) four-star defensive lineman Omar White, Indianapolis (Ind.) Cathedral three-star quarterback Danny O’Neil, Valdosta (Ga.) three-star defensive lineman Eric Brantley Jr. and Saint Peters (Mo.) Nevada three-star interior offensive lineman Talan Chandler.

Butler currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $115K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.