Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Florida State
Brian Burns
DE • 6'5" • 231 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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Brian Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
98
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
Brian Burns built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive end from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Brian Burns' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 16
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Brian Burns, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State. Brian Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.5 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Florida State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 123
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Florida State
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · American Heritage · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Kenwood Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 1 · Pick 16 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · DE 19th (top 6%) · ACC 61st (top 10%) · National 555th (top 10%)
Brian Burns played DE for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brian Burns recorded 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Florida State.
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