October 4, 2024 -Announcement of Guest Speaker at the 2nd Annual Gala.
We are honored to announce that Jake Butt will be our guest speaker. Jake Butt is a former professional American football player who was a tight end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 2017 to 2020. Playing his college career at the University of Michigan, Butt was a first-team All-American and Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year in both 2015 and 2016. In his senior season with the Wolverines, Butt was voted team captain by his teammates and later honored with the prestigious John Mackey Award, given to the top tight end in college football.
A four-year letterman at Michigan, Butt graduated from the College of Literature, Science and Arts with a degree in sociology. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft.
In 2022, Jake began a new career in broadcasting, working for the Big Ten Network. Currently, he is the lead college football analyst for the Big Ten Network, as well as a sideline reporter for the United Football League (UFL) on FOX Sports.
Born and raised in Pickerington, Ohio, Butt attended Pickerington High School North. Jake and his wife, Natalie, reside in Chicago.
