Player Dossier

2023-2025

Purdue

George Burhenn

TE • 6'5" • 235 lbs • McCordsville, IN, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

George Burhenn reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

George Burhenn, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue. George Burhenn reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
171
Receptions
15
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

George Burhenn quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · TE
Career Receiving Yards
171
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Indiana
High school pipeline
Mt. Vernon · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 81 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
94 receiving yards · TE 200th (top 43%) · Big Ten 130th (top 46%) · National 1,022nd (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue1574189.2
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue113033.5
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue3994072.9

Related Context

George Burhenn played TE for Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, George Burhenn recorded 171 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Purdue paired 74 primary output with 98.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Illinois

Win with an explosive receiving profile. 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 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

31.3

Efficiency

70

Usage

15.4

Consistency

70.4

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 48. USC: 26. Notre Dame: 20

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Illinois: 3 by 100. USC: 4 by 43.3. Notre Dame: 2 by 66.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins48 · Games = 1 · +25 vs Losses
Losses23 · Games = 2 · -25 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southern Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Southern Illinois

Result
Sat 9/20@ Notre DameL 30-562201010014
Sat 9/13vs USCL 17-334266.56.50017
Sat 9/6vs Southern IllinoisW 34-173481616021

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Purdue

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue7498.723.8
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue3203.3-71
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue947015.491

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 13 · W 35-31 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

74

Receiving Yards

92.7 takeover

74 receiving yards with a 98.7 efficiency score.

#2

vs Southern Illinois

Week 2 · W 34-17

48

Receiving Yards

90.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 16 USC

Week 3 · L 17-33 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

26

Receiving Yards

51.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 43.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 5 Notre Dame

Week 4 · L 30-56 · Ranked opponent

20

Receiving Yards

45 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Indiana State

Week 1 · W 49-0

3

Receiving Yards

43.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

3 receiving yards with a 20 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Purdue

74 primary output · 98.7 efficiency · 23.8 usage

89.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Purdue

72.9

94 primary · 70 efficiency · 15.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

33.5

3 primary · 20 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games