Player Dossier

2021-2024

Ohio State

Denzel Burke

CB • 6'1" • 193 lbs • Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Denzel Burke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4

Efficiency

19.3

Consistency

14.3

Season Value

13.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Denzel Burke, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Ohio State. Denzel Burke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Denzel Burke played CB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Denzel Burke recorded 138 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Ohio State paired 13 primary output with 23.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Win with 2 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 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Texas: 0. Oregon: 1. Akron: 1. Marshall: 0. Michigan State: 1. Iowa: 0. Oregon: 0. Nebraska: 2. Penn State: 1. Purdue: 0. Northwestern: 1. Indiana: 0. Michigan: 0

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. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 2 by 18.3. Akron: 4 by 26.7. Marshall: 6 by 25. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 5 by 20.8. Nebraska: 6 by 45. Penn State: 2 by 18.3. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 5 by 30.8. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 12 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

45 vs Nebraska

Result
Tue 1/21@ Notre DameW 34-2333000
Sat 1/11@ TexasW 28-1422000
Wed 1/1@ OregonW 41-2121100
Sat 11/30vs MichiganL 10-1344000
Sat 11/23vs IndianaW 38-1521000
Sat 11/16@ NorthwesternW 31-755001
Sat 11/9vs PurdueW 45-022000
Sat 11/2@ Penn StateW 20-1321001
Sat 10/26vs NebraskaSplash gameW 21-1765200
Sat 10/12@ OregonL 31-3254000
Sat 10/5vs IowaW 35-722000
Sat 9/28@ Michigan StateW 38-7310010
Sat 9/21vs MarshallW 49-1464000
Sat 8/31vs AkronW 52-6420010

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ohio State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonOhio State1323.73.4
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State1323.73.40
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State719.13-6
2023 PostseasonOhio State12224.55
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State12224.50
2024 PostseasonOhio State719.34-5
2024 Regular SeasonOhio State719.340

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nebraska

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.1 takeover score.

#2

Minnesota

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#3

Arkansas State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.

#4

Western Kentucky

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#5

Tulsa

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 37.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Postseason · Ohio State

13 primary output · 23.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

30.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Ohio State

30.2

13 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Ohio State

29.7

12 primary · 22 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9213

Saguaro · Scottsdale, AZ

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

138

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 46 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.