Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022SMU
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.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Keke Burns built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Pittsburg, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Keke Burns' career was his defensive production: 6 tackles, 1...
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- Jan 1, 2025
Keke Burns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Keke Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 6
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Keke Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 6
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cedar Hill
- High school pipeline
- Cedar Hill · 76 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 935th (top 76%) · American Athletic 290th (top 62%) · National 3,591st (top 62%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.4 |
Related Context
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Keke Burns played LB for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keke Burns recorded 33 receiving yards and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
SMU paired 3 primary output with 15.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to 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.
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2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
15.6
Usage
3.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 3. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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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 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.5 vs Wins
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
Player Story
Keke Burns story
Keke Burns built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Pittsburg, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Keke Burns' career was his defensive production: 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 33 receiving yards and 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Keke Burns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 15.6 | 3.2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 1 · W 48-10
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Abilene Christian
Week 1 · W 56-9
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Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Cincinnati
Week 8 · L 27-29 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Navy
Week 7 · W 40-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · SMU
3 primary output · 15.6 efficiency · 3.2 usage
38.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · SMU
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · SMU
33.3
0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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