Jack Butler could cover, according to no less an authority than the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Butler is immortalized there after dominating as a Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback in the 1950s. He intercepted 52 passes during a time when legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes gave his halfbacks a piece of rope measuring 3.3 yards. Get that on every run play, so went Hayes’ philosophy, and the Buckeyes would find the other tenth of a yard along the way.
As Tom Donahoe later found out, Butler could do more than just blanket receivers.
Twice, Butler tried to get Donahoe to come work with him at BLESTO, a scouting service he helped build.