Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2020Louisville
Rodjay Burns
LB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rodjay Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
85
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Player Story
Rodjay Burns built his college career from 2014 through 2020 as a linebacker from Louisville, KY wearing No. 10, spending time with Louisville and Ohio State. The clearest part of Rodjay Burns' career was his...
Read the storyRodjay Burns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Louisville. Rodjay Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 167
- TFL
- 18.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Rodjay Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · LB
- Career Tackles
- 167
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- Eastern Kentucky
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 58 tackles · LB 137th (top 13%) · ACC 32nd (top 5%) · National 211th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 22.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 32 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 18.2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisville | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 64.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
Related Context
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Rodjay Burns played LB for Ohio State and Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, Rodjay Burns recorded 167 tackles and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Louisville paired 16 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2020 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
33.8
Usage
9.2
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 4. Miami: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Florida State: 1. Virginia Tech: 0.5. Virginia: 1. Syracuse: 2. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 5 by 60.8. Miami: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 4 by 26.7. Florida State: 8 by 43.3. Virginia Tech: 9 by 42.5. Virginia: 5 by 30.8. Syracuse: 4 by 36.7. Boston College: 5 by 20.8. Wake Forest: 8 by 48.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.1 · Games = 4 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | vs Wake Forest | W 45-21 | 8 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Boston College | L 27-34 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs SyracuseSplash game | W 30-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Virginia | L 17-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Virginia Tech | L 35-42 | 9 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Florida State | W 48-16 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-12 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/9 | @ Georgia Tech | L 27-46 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Pittsburgh | L 20-23 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Miami | L 34-47 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Western KentuckySplash game | W 35-21 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Rodjay Burns story
Rodjay Burns built his college career from 2014 through 2020 as a linebacker from Louisville, KY wearing No. 10, spending time with Louisville and Ohio State. The clearest part of Rodjay Burns' career was his defensive production: 167 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 347 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Rodjay Burns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Ohio State
2014-2016
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2018-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 2.5 | 15.8 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisville | 16 | 35.4 | 9.1 | 13.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 16 | 35.4 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 33.8 | 9.2 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 2 · W 42-0
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 2 · W 35-21
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Wake Forest
Week 7 · W 62-59 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
vs Indiana State
Week 2 · W 31-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Syracuse
Week 13 · W 56-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Louisville
16 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 9.1 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Louisville
64.6
16 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 9.1 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
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13 primary · 33.8 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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