Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Marshall paired 18.5 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.
Player Stats
Sam Burton College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 137
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 17.5
- QB hurries
- 26
- Passes defended
- 2
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Marshall | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 12 | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 3 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 48.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 8 | 24 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 34 | 6.5 | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | 59.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 39 | 7.5 | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | 53.4 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Marshall
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
28.5
Usage
6.4
Consistency
32.1
Best Game by takeover score
UAlbany
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. UAlbany: 8. East Carolina: 2. Virginia Tech: 5. Old Dominion: 1. NC State: 0.5. Georgia State: 0. James Madison: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0. App State: 0. Georgia Southern: 2. South Alabama: 1. Arkansas State: 2
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. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. UAlbany: 4 by 66.7. East Carolina: 5 by 40.8. Virginia Tech: 4 by 66.7. Old Dominion: 4 by 26.7. NC State: 4 by 21.7. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. James Madison: 2 by 18.3. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. App State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 4 by 36.7. South Alabama: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.3 · Games = 6 · +3.0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -3.0 vs Wins
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