Player Dossier

2018-2023

Tulsa

Donte Burton

DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Loganville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donte Burton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

10

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Wisconsin • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Donte Burton built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Loganville, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Tulsa and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Donte Burton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.871

Loganville · Loganville, GA

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Donte Burton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Donte Burton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
31
TFL
1
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Donte Burton quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · DB
Career Tackles
31
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 25 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Loganville · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Loganville · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DB 746th (top 79%) · American Athletic 402nd (top 64%) · National 3,804th (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin45-0--038
2019 PostseasonWisconsin610.50.5--026.7
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin66-0-1026.7
2020 PostseasonWisconsin74-0--032.6
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin76-0-3032.6
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin340.50--028.5
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa22-0--037
2023 Regular SeasonTulsa33-0--036.7

Related Context

Donte Burton played DB for Wisconsin and Tulsa. Across 6 tracked seasons, Donte Burton recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 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 Wisconsin, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 0. Washington: 0. Oklahoma: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Result
Sat 9/16vs OklahomaL 17-66
Sat 9/9@ WashingtonL 10-4311000
Fri 9/1vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 42-722000

Player Story

Donte Burton story

Donte Burton built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Loganville, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Tulsa and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Donte Burton's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Donte Burton'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

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin05.21.1
2019 PostseasonWisconsin28.22.52
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin28.22.50
2020 PostseasonWisconsin310.31.31
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin310.31.30
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin1.510.65.1-1.5
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa04.20.8-1.5
2023 Regular SeasonTulsa04.20.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · W 34-7

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 1 · L 27-28 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 11 · W 49-11 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 8 · L 23-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 14 · L 6-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

24.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary output · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

38

#2

2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Tulsa

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games