Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Notre Dame
Joshua Burnham
DL • 6'4" • 253 lbs • Traverse City, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joshua Burnham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Joshua Burnham built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Traverse City, MI wearing No. 40, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Joshua Burnham's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Joshua Burnham, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame. Joshua Burnham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Joshua Burnham quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Boston College
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Central · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 453rd (top 42%) · FBS Independents 38th (top 42%) · National 2,357th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 29 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 16 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 29 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 61.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44.9 |
Related Context
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Joshua Burnham played DL for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joshua Burnham recorded 84 passing yards, 65 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 12.5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
5.1
Consistency
18.1
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Purdue: 0. Boise State: 0. Boston College: 5. Navy: 2. Pittsburgh: 4.5. Syracuse: 0.5. Stanford: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 3 by 62.5. Navy: 1 by 24.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 57.5. Syracuse: 1 by 9.2. Stanford: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Stanford | W 49-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Syracuse | W 70-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Pittsburgh2+ sacks · Splash game | W 37-15 | 3 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs NavySplash game | W 49-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 25-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Purdue | W 56-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Miami | L 24-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Joshua Burnham story
Joshua Burnham built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Traverse City, MI wearing No. 40, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Joshua Burnham's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 84 passing yards and 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Joshua Burnham's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0.5 | 9.2 | 2.5 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 7 | 14.5 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 14.5 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12.5 | 20.8 | 8.3 | 5.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12.5 | 20.8 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 23.3 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 97 Boston College
Week 10 · W 25-10
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio State
Week 1 · L 23-34 · Postseason
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 12 · W 37-15
4.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee State
Week 1 · W 56-3
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Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Navy
Week 1 · W 42-3
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
12.5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
61.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame
61.1
12.5 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
44.9
12 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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