Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Massachusetts
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.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
4★
- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Chris Burns, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Chris Burns leans balanced backfield option traits and 13.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 111
- Rushing yards
- 98
- Receiving yards
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Chris Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 111
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- UConn
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Wilmington · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Wilmington · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 33 scrimmage yards · RB 421st (top 86%) · Mid-American 175th (top 75%) · National 1,669th (top 75%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 3 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 3 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 36.7 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
UConn
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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.
First Half14.5 · Games = 2 · +10.5 vs Second Half
Second Half4 · Games = 1 · -10.5 vs First Half
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
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Pittsburgh
2009-2010
Opening stop
- 2
Massachusetts
2012
Final stop
Season Value Progression
200920102012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 29 | 23.8 | 6.8 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 49 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 20 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 33 | 13.4 | 14.9 | -16 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UConn
Week 1 · L 0-37
Loss with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
30 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.
#2
vs Youngstown State
Week 1 · W 38-3
18
Scrimmage Yards
55.5 takeover
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 8 · W 41-21 · Conference game
17
Scrimmage Yards
53.7 takeover
Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
17 scrimmage yards and 9.8 usage.
#4
vs Florida International
Week 5 · W 44-17
12
Scrimmage Yards
43.1 takeover
Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
12 scrimmage yards and 5.9 usage.
#5
vs South Florida
Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
30.8 takeover
Win with 9 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
9 scrimmage yards and 6.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
49 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage
46.7
#2
2009 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
41.6
29 primary · 23.8 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Massachusetts
36.7
33 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 14.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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