Player Dossier

2019-2022

SMU

Keke Burns

LB • 6'4" • 224 lbs • Pittsburg, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Keke Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

5

Efficiency

15.6

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

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.

Keke Burns, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · SMU. Keke Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

SMU paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Win with 3 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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2022 Regular Season · SMU

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

15.6

Usage

5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 3. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 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. North Texas: 2 by 38.3. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 2
First Half1.5 · Games = 2
All Games1 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 10/22vs CincinnatiL 27-2911000
Fri 10/14vs NavyW 40-3411000
Sat 9/3@ North TexasW 48-1022111

Career Arc

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

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    SMU

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSMU0
2020 Regular SeasonSMU0000
2021 Regular SeasonSMU04.20.90
2022 Regular SeasonSMU315.653

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

North Texas

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.7 takeover score.

#2

Tulsa

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#4

Cincinnati

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#5

Navy

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

35

#2

2020 Regular Season · SMU

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · SMU

10.1

3 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8761

Cedar Hill · Cedar Hill, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

6

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 8 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Keke Burns quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career receiving yards
33