Player Dossier

2021-2025

App State

Ja'Den McBurrows

DB • 5'11" • 194 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ja'Den McBurrows shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

98

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan • App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Ja'Den McBurrows built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with App State and Michigan. The clearest part of Ja'Den McBurrows' career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.877

St. Thomas Aquinas · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Ja'Den McBurrows, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · App State. Ja'Den McBurrows shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
TFL
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Ja'Den McBurrows quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · DB
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · App State
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · Michigan
High school pipeline
St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DB 558th (top 58%) · Sun Belt 307th (top 49%) · National 2,809th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan32-0-1010.6
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan4720--037.6
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan34-0-1012.7
2025 Regular SeasonApp State2112011084.9

Related Context

Ja'Den McBurrows played DB for Michigan and App State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ja'Den McBurrows recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

App State paired 5 primary output with 47.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 47.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, App State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 50th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · App State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

47.9

Usage

11.8

Consistency

93.3

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Charlotte: 2. Lindenwood: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half2 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Lindenwood

Result
Sat 9/6vs LindenwoodSplash gameW 20-1354101
Fri 8/29@ CharlotteSplash gameW 34-11631010

Player Story

Ja'Den McBurrows story

Ja'Den McBurrows built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 18, spending time with App State and Michigan. The clearest part of Ja'Den McBurrows' career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Ja'Den McBurrows' 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

    Michigan

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    App State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan16.10.6
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan0-1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan314.84.43
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan18.91.3-2
2025 Regular SeasonApp State547.911.84

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 8 · W 49-0 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 134 Charlotte

Week 1 · W 34-11

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Lindenwood

Week 2 · W 20-13

3

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 1 · W 30-10

1

Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Northwestern

Week 8 · W 33-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · App State

5 primary output · 47.9 efficiency · 11.8 usage

84.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Michigan

37.6

3 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Michigan

12.7

1 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games