Player Dossier

2022-2025

App State

DJ Burks

DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Maryville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Burks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.7

Efficiency

35.4

Consistency

51.5

Season Value

26.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

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.

DJ Burks, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · App State. DJ Burks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.4 disruption score.

DJ Burks played DB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DJ Burks recorded 127 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

App State paired 0 primary output with 2.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Loss with 2.5 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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2025 Postseason · App State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

35.4

Usage

6.7

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 0. Unknown: 2. Southern Miss: 1. Oregon State: 1. Georgia State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 2.5. Georgia Southern: 1. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 0. Arkansas State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Southern: 8 by 33.3. Unknown: 3 by 32.5. Southern Miss: 3 by 22.5. Oregon State: 3 by 22.5. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 7 by 54.2. Georgia Southern: 12 by 60. James Madison: 11 by 45.8. Marshall: 9 by 37.5. Arkansas State: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.9 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

60 vs Georgia Southern

Result
Mon 12/29vs Georgia SouthernL 10-2985000
Sat 11/29vs Arkansas StateL 29-3094001
Sat 11/22vs MarshallW 26-2493000
Sat 11/15@ James Madison10+ tacklesL 10-58116000
Fri 11/7vs Georgia Southern10+ tacklesL 23-25127001
Sat 10/25@ Old DominionL 21-24710.5002
Sat 10/18vs Coastal CarolinaL 37-4530000
Sat 10/11@ Georgia StateW 41-2053000
Sat 10/4vs Oregon StateW 27-2332001
Sat 9/13@ Southern MissL 22-38300010
Sat 9/6vs UnknownSplash game331010

Career Arc

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    App State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonApp State0
2023 Regular SeasonApp State02.80.50
2024 Regular SeasonApp State326.57.83
2025 PostseasonApp State8.535.46.75.5
2025 Regular SeasonApp State8.535.46.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

South Alabama

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.8 takeover score.

#2

Old Dominion

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.1 takeover score.

#3

Clemson

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#4

Georgia Southern

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.6 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · App State

0 primary output · 2.8 efficiency · 0.5 usage

34.4

#2

2025 Postseason · App State

26.6

8.5 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · App State

26.6

8.5 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8444

Maryville · Maryville, TN

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

127

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 23 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.