Player Dossier

2021-2024

Charlotte

C.J. Burton

DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

C.J. Burton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boston College • Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Player Story

C.J. Burton built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Richmond, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Boston College and Charlotte. The clearest part of C.J. Burton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.925

St. Frances Academy · Baltimore, MD

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

C.J. Burton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Charlotte. C.J. Burton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
48
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

C.J. Burton quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · DB
Career Tackles
48
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
Rice
Recruit profile
4-star · St. Frances Academy · Boston College
High school pipeline
St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
13 tackles · DB 536th (top 55%) · American Athletic 266th (top 41%) · National 2,562nd (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College510-0-4028.6
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College37-0-1014.3
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte11181.5011051.5
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte713-011018.2

Related Context

C.J. Burton played DB for Boston College and Charlotte. Across 4 tracked seasons, C.J. Burton recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 5.5 primary output with 13.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.6 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 Boston College, Charlotte.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.6

Usage

4.7

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina State: 1. Maryland: 0. Georgia State: 0.5. Florida: 0. SMU: 1. Navy: 0. East Carolina: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1. Tulsa: 1. Memphis: 0. Rice: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina State: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 3 by 17.5. Florida: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 1 by 14.2. Memphis: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Florida

Result
Sat 11/18vs RiceL 7-281
Sat 11/11vs MemphisL 38-4410000
Sat 11/4@ TulsaW 33-2611100
Fri 10/27vs Florida AtlanticL 16-381
Sat 10/21@ East CarolinaW 10-711000
Sat 10/14vs NavyL 0-1422000
Sat 9/30@ SMUL 16-3422001
Sat 9/23@ FloridaL 7-2252000
Sat 9/16vs Georgia StateL 25-41310.5000
Sat 9/9@ MarylandL 20-3810000
Sat 9/2vs South Carolina StateW 24-321000

Player Story

C.J. Burton story

C.J. Burton built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Richmond, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Boston College and Charlotte. The clearest part of C.J. Burton's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives C.J. 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

    Boston College

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College416.41.4
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College113.11.8-3
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte5.513.64.74.5
2024 Regular SeasonCharlotte210.62-3.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rice

Week 12 · L 7-28 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 10 · W 33-26 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 9 · L 16-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Wake Forest

Week 13 · L 10-41 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#5

vs South Carolina State

Week 1 · W 24-3

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Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

5.5 primary output · 13.6 efficiency · 4.7 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Boston College

28.6

4 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Charlotte

18.2

2 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games