Jamar Butler

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jamar Butler

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|9|27}}

| birth_place = Lima, Ohio, U.S.

| high_school = Shawnee (Lima, Ohio)

| college = Ohio State (2004–2008)

| draft_year = 2008

| career_start = 2008

| career_end = 2012

| career_number =

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = 2008

| team1 = Juvecaserta Basket

| years2 = 2009

| team2 = Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi

| years3 = 2009–2010

| team3 = Olympia Larissa

| years4 = 2010

| team4 = KK Igokea

| years5 = 2010–2011

| team5 = Eisbären Bremerhaven

| years6 = 2011–2012

| team6 = Lima Explosion

| years7 = 2012

| team7 = Piratas de Quebradillas

| years8 = 2012

| team8 = AEK Larnaca

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (2008)
• Ohio Mr. Basketball (2004)

}}

Jamar Butler (born September 27, 1985) is a basketball point guard.{{cite web|title=#14 Jamar Butler|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057555|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090403160319/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057555|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2009|date=29 June 2007|publisher=The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site|accessdate=28 January 2011}} His career started at Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio, where he was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball his senior year. Butler was then recruited by both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University. Jamar chose Ohio State, where he broke multiple school records while majoring in African American and African Studies.{{cite web|title=NBA.com: Jamar Butler Draft 2008 Profile|url=http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/JamarButler.html|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=29 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321142858/http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/JamarButler.html|archive-date=21 March 2010|url-status=dead}}