Player Dossier

2021-2025

Texas Tech

Blake Burris

DT • 6'5" • 308 lbs • Irving, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blake Burris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.2

Efficiency

8.9

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Texas Tech • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

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.

Blake Burris, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Blake Burris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 1 primary output with 9.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas Tech, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Win with 1 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2024 Regular Season · SMU

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.9

Usage

2.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. Stanford: 0. Pittsburgh: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=3
First Half0 · n=2
All Games0.3 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sun 11/3vs PittsburghW 48-2521100
Sun 10/20@ StanfordW 40-1010000
Sun 8/25@ NevadaW 29-2410000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Texas Tech

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech19.20.71
2024 Regular SeasonSMU18.92.20
2025 Regular SeasonSMU19.20.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.

#2

Missouri State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

Oregon

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

#5

Stanford

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

1 primary output · 9.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

20

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

20

1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · SMU

10.6

1 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

8

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Blake Burris quick answers

Position
DT
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
8