Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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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
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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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
Keep exploring Major Burns
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
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 36.6 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: Wisconsin
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 84.6th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · LSU
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
36.6
Usage
7.2
Consistency
57.4
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 1.5. Florida State: 1. Grambling: 0. Mississippi State: 2. Arkansas: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Missouri: 1. Auburn: 0. Army: 1. Alabama: 1. Florida: 2. Georgia State: 0. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 13 by 65. Florida State: 8 by 43.3. Grambling: 5 by 20.8. Mississippi State: 2 by 28.3. Arkansas: 12 by 50. Ole Miss: 11 by 55.8. Missouri: 4 by 26.7. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Army: 6 by 35. Alabama: 8 by 43.3. Florida: 8 by 53.3. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 10 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
65 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/1 | vs Wisconsin10+ tackles | W 35-31 | 13 | 9 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Texas A&M | W 42-30 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Georgia State | W 56-14 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 52-35 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Alabama | L 28-42 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Army | W 62-0 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Auburn | W 48-18 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Missouri | W 49-39 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Ole Miss10+ tackles | L 49-55 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Arkansas10+ tackles | W 34-31 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | W 41-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Grambling | W 72-10 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | @ Florida State | L 24-45 | 8 | 1 | — | 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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