Player Dossier

2009-2012

Massachusetts

Chris Burns

RB • 5'11" • New Wilmington, PA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Chris Burns leans balanced backfield option traits and 13.4 efficiency.

Usage Score

14.9

Efficiency

13.4

Consistency

23.2

Season Value

29.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

091012

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Pittsburgh • Massachusetts
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Chris Burns, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Chris Burns leans balanced backfield option traits and 13.4 efficiency.

Chris Burns played RB for Pittsburgh and Massachusetts. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chris Burns recorded 98 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 49 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Massachusetts.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Loss with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2012 Regular Season · Massachusetts

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

11

Efficiency

13.4

Usage

14.9

Consistency

23.2

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UConn: 30. Vanderbilt: -1. Central Michigan: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 13 by 19.3. Vanderbilt: 1 by 0. Central Michigan: 2 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses11 · Games = 3
First Half14.5 · Games = 2
All Games11 · Games = 3

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 11/23vs Central MichiganL 21-4224202
Sat 10/27@ VanderbiltL 7-491-1-10-1
Thu 8/30@ UConnL 0-3711171.5002132.3

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Pittsburgh

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Massachusetts

    2012

    Final stop

Season Progression

200920102012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2923.86.8
2010 Regular SeasonPittsburgh4924.25.820
2012 Regular SeasonMassachusetts3313.414.9-16

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UConn

Loss with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30

Primary metric

30 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.

#2

Unknown

18

Primary metric

Game with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

18 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.

#3

Rutgers

17

Primary metric

Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

17 scrimmage yards and 9.8 usage.

#4

Florida International

12

Primary metric

Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 5.9 usage.

#5

Unknown

5

Primary metric

Game with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

5 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

49 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

37.8

29 primary · 23.8 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Massachusetts

29.1

33 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 14.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2008 · Rating 0.9366

Wilmington · New Wilmington, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

111

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 13 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.