Player Dossier

2011-2013

Nebraska

Sam Burtch

WR • 6'3" • Murdock, NE, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Sam Burtch reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

46

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Sam Burtch built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Murdock, NE wearing No. 46, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Sam Burtch's career was his receiving role: 12 catches,...

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Sam Burtch, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Nebraska. Sam Burtch reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
147
Receptions
12
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Sam Burtch quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · WR
Career Receiving Yards
147
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Nebraska
Top game
Michigan State
Latest roster
No. 46 · Class 2013
2013 Receiving yards rank
147 receiving yards · WR 512th (top 56%) · Big Ten 72nd (top 43%) · National 719th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonNebraska0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonNebraska0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonNebraska512147361.6

Related Context

Sam Burtch played WR for Nebraska. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sam Burtch recorded 147 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 147 primary output with 68.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Loss 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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2013 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

29.4

Efficiency

68.9

Usage

12.5

Consistency

36

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 26. South Dakota State: 16. Northwestern: 20. Michigan State: 86. Penn State: -1

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 Miss: 1 by 100. South Dakota State: 1 by 100. Northwestern: 3 by 44.4. Michigan State: 5 by 100. Penn State: 2 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.3 · Games = 4 · -70.8 vs Losses
Losses86 · Games = 1 · +70.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/23@ Penn StateW 23-202-1-0.5-0.5002
Sat 11/16vs Michigan StateL 28-4158617.217.20132
Sat 11/2vs NorthwesternW 27-243206.76.7009
Sat 9/21vs South Dakota StateW 59-201161616116
Sat 9/7vs Southern MissW 56-131262626126

Player Story

Sam Burtch story

Sam Burtch built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Murdock, NE wearing No. 46, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Sam Burtch's career was his receiving role: 12 catches, 147 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Sam Burtch's 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

    Nebraska

    2011-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2012 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2013 Regular SeasonNebraska14768.912.5147

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan State

Week 12 · L 28-41 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

86

Receiving Yards

99.3 takeover

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Southern Miss

Week 2 · W 56-13

26

Receiving Yards

49.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs South Dakota State

Week 4 · W 59-20

16

Receiving Yards

44.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Northwestern

Week 10 · W 27-24 · Conference game

20

Receiving Yards

37.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 44.4 efficiency score.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 13 · W 23-20 · Conference game

-1

Receiving Yards

10.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

-1 receiving yards with a 0 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Nebraska

147 primary output · 68.9 efficiency · 12.5 usage

61.6

#2

2011 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games