Player Dossier

2016-2021

Virginia

Richard Burney

DE • 6'4" • 280 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Richard Burney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

9.2

Efficiency

27.3

Consistency

61.2

Season Value

32.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

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.

Richard Burney, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia. Richard Burney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Richard Burney played DE for Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Richard Burney recorded 11 receiving yards, 47 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Virginia paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

27.3

Usage

9.2

Consistency

61.2

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 2. Clemson: 3. NC State: 1.5. Wake Forest: 0.5. Miami: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 3 by 32.5. Clemson: 3 by 42.5. NC State: 3 by 27.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 17.5. Miami: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Losses1.3 · Games = 4
First Half2.2 · Games = 3 · +1.9 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 2 · -1.9 vs First Half
All Games1.4 · Games = 5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Clemson

Result
Sun 10/25@ MiamiL 14-1942000
Sat 10/17@ Wake ForestL 23-40310.5000
Sat 10/10vs NC StateL 21-38320.5001
Sun 10/4@ ClemsonSplash gameL 23-4132210
Sat 9/26vs DukeW 38-2032110

Career Arc

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

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    Virginia

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20162017201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia04.20.5
2017 PostseasonVirginia0.53.11.40.5
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia0.53.11.40
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia217.861.5
2019 PostseasonVirginia4.5122.62.5
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia4.5122.60
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia727.39.22.5
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia0-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Clemson

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#2

Old Dominion

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#4

Ohio

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

#5

Duke

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Virginia

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.5 usage

34.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · Virginia

32.8

7 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Virginia

24.6

2 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8192

Hickory · Chesapeake, VA

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

47

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.