Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2024LSU
Major Burns
S • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Major Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
62
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Georgia • LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Player Story
Major Burns built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia and LSU. The clearest part of Major Burns' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Major Burns, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · LSU. Major Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 200
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Major Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · S
- Career Tackles
- 200
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · LSU
- Top game
- Ole Miss
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Madison Prep Academy · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Madison Prep Academy · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 49 tackles · S 123rd (top 23%) · SEC 81st (top 11%) · National 650th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 5 | 25 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 22.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 8 | 31 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 13 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 13 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 63.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 10 | 49 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55.3 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Major Burns played S for Georgia and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Major Burns recorded 200 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
LSU paired 10.5 primary output with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, LSU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · LSU
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
30.4
Usage
6.5
Consistency
41.7
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Nicholls: 0. South Carolina: 1. UCLA: 1. South Alabama: 0.5. Ole Miss: 5. Arkansas: 1. Texas A&M: 1. Alabama: 0.5. Vanderbilt: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 6 by 25. Nicholls: 6 by 25. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 4 by 26.7. South Alabama: 8 by 38.3. Ole Miss: 8 by 83.3. Arkansas: 6 by 35. Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 3 by 17.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 7 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Ole Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/24 | vs Vanderbilt | W 24-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Alabama | L 13-42 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Texas A&M | L 23-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Arkansas | W 34-10 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Ole MissSplash game | W 29-26 | 8 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs South Alabama | W 42-10 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs UCLA | W 34-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ South Carolina | W 36-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Nicholls | W 44-21 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | vs USC | L 20-27 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Major Burns story
Major Burns built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia and LSU. The clearest part of Major Burns' career was his defensive production: 200 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Major 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.
- 1
Georgia
2020
Opening stop
- 2
LSU
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 2 | 24.8 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 6.5 | 24.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 10.5 | 36.6 | 7.2 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 10.5 | 36.6 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 10 | 30.4 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ole Miss
Week 7 · W 29-26 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 23-24
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason
1.5
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida
Week 11 · W 52-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 3 · W 41-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · LSU
10.5 primary output · 36.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
63.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · LSU
63.5
10.5 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · LSU
55.3
10 primary · 30.4 efficiency · 6.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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