Player Dossier

2017-2020

Wisconsin

Eric Burrell

S • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Severn, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eric Burrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

35

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wisconsin

17181819192020

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Eric Burrell built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Severn, MD wearing No. 25, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Eric Burrell's career was his defensive production: 124...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8728

McDonogh School · Owings Mills, MD

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Eric Burrell, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wisconsin. Eric Burrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
124
TFL
5.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Eric Burrell quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · S
Career Tackles
124
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Wisconsin
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · McDonogh School · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
McDonogh School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
23 tackles · S 171st (top 38%) · Big Ten 112th (top 21%) · National 1,179th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWisconsin46-0-109
2018 PostseasonWisconsin120-0--022.2
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin1240-021022.2
2019 PostseasonWisconsin13311--059.8
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin13522.51-6059.8
2020 PostseasonWisconsin75-0--041.8
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin71820-2041.8

Related Context

Eric Burrell played S for Wisconsin. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eric Burrell recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Wisconsin paired 14.5 primary output with 28.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

20.8

Usage

5.1

Consistency

69.4

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

1234567

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Illinois: 1. Michigan: 1. Northwestern: 1. Indiana: 0. Iowa: 1. Minnesota: 1

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 3 by 22.5. Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 2 by 18.3. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 4 by 26.7. Minnesota: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Iowa

Result
Wed 12/30vs Wake ForestW 42-2853000
Sat 12/19vs MinnesotaW 20-17220010
Sat 12/12@ IowaL 7-2843100
Sat 12/5vs IndianaL 6-1433000
Sat 11/21@ NorthwesternL 7-1722100
Sun 11/15@ MichiganW 49-1142001
Sat 10/24vs IllinoisW 45-733001

Player Story

Eric Burrell story

Eric Burrell built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Severn, MD wearing No. 25, spending time with Wisconsin. The clearest part of Eric Burrell's career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Burrell'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

    Wisconsin

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWisconsin18.81.4
2018 PostseasonWisconsin418.13.93
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin418.13.90
2019 PostseasonWisconsin14.528.8710.5
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin14.528.870
2020 PostseasonWisconsin520.85.1-9.5
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin520.85.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 9 · L 17-31 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 14 · W 38-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Illinois

Week 8 · W 49-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Iowa

Week 15 · L 7-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Northwestern

Week 5 · W 24-15 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Wisconsin

14.5 primary output · 28.8 efficiency · 7 usage

59.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin

59.8

14.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Wisconsin

41.8

5 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games