Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Kansas State
Tyler Burns
RB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Wichita, KS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Tyler Burns leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nicholls
Player Story
Tyler Burns built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Wichita, KS wearing No. 33, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Tyler Burns' career was his backfield work: 214...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Tyler Burns, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Kansas State. Tyler Burns leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 221
- Rushing yards
- 214
- Receiving yards
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Tyler Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 221
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Nicholls
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Trinity Academy · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Trinity Academy · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 43 scrimmage yards · RB 469th (top 79%) · Big 12 135th (top 68%) · National 1,505th (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 44.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Related Context
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Tyler Burns played RB for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyler Burns recorded 214 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, and 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 148 primary output with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
6.1
Efficiency
33.3
Usage
4.4
Consistency
65.2
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: -2. Oklahoma: 9. TCU: 5. Kansas: 7. West Virginia: 6. Iowa State: 4. Texas: 14
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. Arkansas State: 1 by 0. Oklahoma: 4 by 24. TCU: 1 by 52.1. Kansas: 3 by 16. West Virginia: 1 by 62.5. Iowa State: 1 by 41.7. Texas: 4 by 36.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins7 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses5.5 · Games = 4 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs West Virginia
Player Story
Tyler Burns story
Tyler Burns built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Wichita, KS wearing No. 33, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Tyler Burns' career was his backfield work: 214 rushing yards, 49 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 7 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 receiving yards and 11 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tyler Burns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 30 | 30.1 | 2.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 30 | 30.1 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | -30 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 148 | 46.3 | 6.2 | 148 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 43 | 33.3 | 4.4 | -105 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nicholls
Week 1 · W 49-14
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
68.4 takeover
64 scrimmage yards and 13.5 usage.
#2
@ Kansas
Week 10 · W 38-10 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
68 takeover
Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 10.1 usage.
#3
vs Texas
Week 14 · L 31-69 · Conference game
14
Scrimmage Yards
51.7 takeover
Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
14 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.
#4
vs Charlotte
Week 2 · W 55-7
15
Scrimmage Yards
50.8 takeover
Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
15 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.
#5
vs Central Arkansas
Week 1 · W 55-19
11
Scrimmage Yards
44.1 takeover
Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
148 primary output · 46.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
35
43 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Kansas State
18
30 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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