Player Dossier

2018-2022

Florida

Amari Burney

LB • 6'2" • 228 lbs • Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Amari Burney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43 disruption score.

Usage / Role

87%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

79

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

94

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Amari Burney built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Saint Petersburg, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Amari Burney's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9293

Calvary Christian · Clearwater, FL

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 26
Overall
No. 203
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Amari Burney, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Florida. Amari Burney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
216
TFL
16
Sacks
7
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Amari Burney quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · LB
Career Tackles
216
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 54 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Florida
Top game
Georgia
Recruit profile
4-star · Calvary Christian · Florida
High school pipeline
Calvary Christian · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 6 · Pick 26 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
71 tackles · LB 143rd (top 12%) · SEC 21st (top 4%) · National 213th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonFlorida9111-1017.7
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida9111011017.7
2019 PostseasonFlorida85-0--021.3
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida8320.50-1021.3
2020 PostseasonFlorida127-0-1046.8
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida12452.5231046.8
2021 PostseasonFlorida136-0-1020.1
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida133820-2020.1
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida12719434072.6

Related Context

Amari Burney played LB for Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Amari Burney recorded 216 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Florida paired 22 primary output with 43 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 43 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Florida

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

43

Usage

11.7

Consistency

50.2

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1. Kentucky: 2. South Florida: 1. Tennessee: 4.5. Eastern Washington: 2. Missouri: 0.5. LSU: 0. Georgia: 5. Texas A&M: 1. South Carolina: 0.5. Vanderbilt: 2.5. Florida State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 7 by 39.2. Kentucky: 4 by 36.7. South Florida: 5 by 30.8. Tennessee: 8 by 78.3. Eastern Washington: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 8 by 38.3. LSU: 8 by 33.3. Georgia: 7 by 79.2. Texas A&M: 0 by 10. South Carolina: 4 by 21.7. Vanderbilt: 10 by 66.7. Florida State: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 6 · -1.7 vs Losses
Losses2.7 · Games = 6 · +1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Georgia

Result
Sat 11/26@ Florida StateSplash gameL 38-4563101
Sat 11/19@ Vanderbilt10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-311041.5001
Sat 11/12vs South CarolinaW 38-6410.5000
Sat 11/5@ Texas A&MW 41-2400000
Sat 10/29@ GeorgiaSplash gameL 20-42741011
Sat 10/15vs LSUL 35-4584000
Sat 10/8vs MissouriW 24-17820.5000
Sun 10/2vs Eastern WashingtonSplash gameW 52-1743110
Sat 9/24@ Tennessee2+ sacks · Splash gameL 33-38872.5020
Sat 9/17vs South FloridaW 31-2853001
Sat 9/10vs KentuckySplash gameL 16-2641110
Sat 9/3vs UtahW 29-26760010

Player Story

Amari Burney story

Amari Burney built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Saint Petersburg, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Amari Burney's career was his defensive production: 216 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 54 career games in the available record. His career also includes 28 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Amari Burney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820182019201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonFlorida612.22.4
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida612.22.40
2019 PostseasonFlorida2.522.44.7-3.5
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida2.522.44.70
2020 PostseasonFlorida10.526.85.88
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida10.526.85.80
2021 PostseasonFlorida5183.3-5.5
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida5183.30
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida224311.717

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia

Week 9 · L 20-42 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Tennessee

Week 4 · L 33-38 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Arkansas

Week 11 · W 63-35 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#4

vs Tennessee

Week 4 · W 34-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 5 · L 13-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Florida

22 primary output · 43 efficiency · 11.7 usage

72.6

#2

2020 Postseason · Florida

46.8

10.5 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Florida

46.8

10.5 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

10

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games