Player Dossier

2014-2019

LSU

Joe Burrow

QB • 6'4" • 216 lbs • The Plains, OH, USA

Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher

Joe Burrow is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

94%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback

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Reliability

99

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ohio State • LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Joe Burrow built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a quarterback from The Plains, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with LSU and Ohio State. The clearest part of Joe Burrow's career was his passing role:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 1
Overall
No. 1
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Burrow, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · LSU. Joe Burrow is a balanced quarterback profile with 22.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,672
Passing yards
8,851
Rushing yards
821
Touchdowns
91
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Joe Burrow college highlights at LSU.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Joe Burrow quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · QB
Career Total Offense
9,672
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · LSU
Top game
UNLV
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 1 · Pick 1 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2019 Total offense rank
6,040 total offense · QB 1st (top 1%) · SEC 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State00000-
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00000-
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State528422658340.8
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State55661-5029.5
2018 PostseasonLSU1341839424459.5
2018 Regular SeasonLSU132,8742,4993751959.5
2019 PostseasonLSU151,036956801477.8
2019 Regular SeasonLSU155,0044,7152895177.8

Related Context

Joe Burrow played QB for Ohio State and LSU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Joe Burrow recorded 8,851 passing yards, 821 rushing yards, and 16 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

LSU paired 6,040 primary output with 73.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 73.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, LSU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Postseason · LSU

Games

15

Primary Metric / G

402.7

Efficiency

73.5

Usage

22.5

Consistency

88

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 521. Oklahoma: 515. Georgia Southern: 280. Texas: 479. Northwestern State: 403. Vanderbilt: 378. Utah State: 386. Florida: 336. Mississippi State: 316. Auburn: 352. Alabama: 457. Ole Miss: 515. Arkansas: 351. Texas A&M: 361. Georgia: 390

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. Clemson: 63 by 70.9. Oklahoma: 44 by 79.6. Georgia Southern: 28 by 72.7. Texas: 48 by 69.5. Northwestern State: 31 by 78.4. Vanderbilt: 36 by 67.8. Utah State: 48 by 69.5. Florida: 30 by 89.8. Mississippi State: 36 by 65.8. Auburn: 55 by 63.6. Alabama: 53 by 77.3. Ole Miss: 51 by 70.8. Arkansas: 32 by 84.9. Texas A&M: 38 by 69.6. Georgia: 49 by 71.9

Split Comparison

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

First Half412.3 · Games = 8 · +20.5 vs Second Half
Second Half391.7 · Games = 7 · -20.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

15 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

89.8 vs Florida

Result
Tue 1/14vs Clemson300-yard game · 3+ TDW 42-25314946363.35070.914584.10129
Sat 12/28vs Oklahoma300-yard game · 3+ TDW 63-28293949374.47079.65224.40112
Sat 12/7vs Georgia300-yard game · 3+ TDW 37-10283834973.74071.911413.70017
Sun 12/1vs Texas A&M300-yard game · 3+ TDW 50-7233235271.93069.6691.50014
Sun 11/24vs Arkansas300-yard game · 3+ TDW 56-20232832782.13084.94246022
Sun 11/17@ Ole Miss300-yard game · 3+ TDW 58-37324248976.25270.89262.90015
Sat 11/9@ Alabama300-yard game · 3+ TDW 46-41313939379.53077.314644.60019
Sat 10/26vs Auburn300-yard gameW 23-20324232176.21163.613312.40114
Sat 10/19@ Mississippi State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 36-13253232778.14065.84-11-2.80011
Sun 10/13vs Florida3+ TDW 42-28212429387.53089.86437.20019
Sat 10/5vs Utah State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 42-6273834471.15169.510424.20121
Sat 9/21@ Vanderbilt300-yard game · 3+ TDW 66-38253439873.56067.82-20-1000
Sat 9/14vs Northwestern State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 65-14212437387.52178.47304.3019
Sat 9/7@ Texas300-yard game · 3+ TDW 45-38313947179.54169.5980.90016
Sat 8/31vs Georgia Southern3+ TDW 55-3232727885.25072.712202

Player Story

Joe Burrow story

Joe Burrow built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a quarterback from The Plains, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with LSU and Ohio State. The clearest part of Joe Burrow's career was his passing role: 8,851 passing yards, 78 touchdown passes, 945 attempts, and 821 rushing yards across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 821 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Joe Burrow's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    LSU

    2018-2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State28477.44.8284
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State5663.63-228
2018 PostseasonLSU3,2926223.23,236
2018 Regular SeasonLSU3,2926223.20
2019 PostseasonLSU6,04073.522.52,748
2019 Regular SeasonLSU6,04073.522.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UNLV

Week 4 · W 54-21

Win with 37 yards of offense and 92.4 efficiency.

37

Total Offense

96.2 takeover

37 total offense with 92.4 efficiency.

#2

vs Clemson

Week 1 · W 42-25 · Postseason

521

Total Offense

89.4 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

521 total offense with 70.9 efficiency.

#3

@ Texas A&M

Week 13 · L 72-74 · Conference game

370

Total Offense

84.5 takeover

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

370 total offense with 64.9 efficiency.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 11 · W 46-41 · Conference game

457

Total Offense

80.9 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

457 total offense with 77.3 efficiency.

#5

@ Texas

Week 2 · W 45-38

479

Total Offense

76.8 takeover

Win with 479 yards of offense and 69.5 efficiency.

479 total offense with 69.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · LSU

6,040 primary output · 73.5 efficiency · 22.5 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · LSU

77.8

6,040 primary · 73.5 efficiency · 22.5 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · LSU

59.5

3,292 primary · 62 efficiency · 23.2 usage

Milestones

19

250+ passing yards

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300+ total offense

18

3+ TD games

27

Above avg efficiency