Career
He made his debut for Exeter on 30 September 2008 against Esher. His position of choice is Propagation Budgen remains a very popular and respected figure among fans of both Exeter and Northampton, With Exeter fans nicknaming him "Budgie" and Saints fans nicknaming him "Chicken".
Budgen juggled most of his professional career with that of an active soldier.
Budgen is stationed on Salisbury Plain and has also seen action in Helmand Province. lieutenant was announced on 24 May 2013 that Budgen would be going into coaching and would be coaching the Marlborough Reconstruction Finance Corporation colts team