Usage / Role
83%
Major offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2012-2015Troy
Brandon Burks
RB • 5'10" • Daleville, AL, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Brandon Burks leans workhorse runner traits and 55.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
lowelite
Reliability
90
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Troy
12131415
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Troy
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Brandon Burks built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Daleville, AL wearing No. 32, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Brandon Burks' career was his backfield work: 2,264...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Hudson Valley
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Brandon Burks, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Troy. Brandon Burks leans workhorse runner traits and 55.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,937
- Rushing yards
- 2,264
- Receiving yards
- 673
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Brandon Burks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Troy · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,937
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Troy
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Daleville · Hudson Valley
- High school pipeline
- Daleville · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,309 scrimmage yards · RB 39th (top 7%) · Sun Belt 6th (top 3%) · National 60th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Troy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Troy | 12 | 863 | 675 | 188 | 2 | 60.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Troy | 11 | 765 | 584 | 181 | 4 | 56.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Troy | 12 | 1,309 | 1,005 | 304 | 9 | 82.7 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Brandon Burks
Brandon Burks played RB for Troy. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Burks recorded 2,264 rushing yards, 673 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Troy paired 1,309 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Win with 196 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2015 Regular Season · Troy
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
109.1
Efficiency
55.4
Usage
37.8
Consistency
75.3
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 126. Charleston Southern: 68. Wisconsin: 56. South Alabama: 103. Mississippi State: 94. Idaho: 109. New Mexico State: 133. App State: 59. UL Monroe: 196. Georgia Southern: 68. Georgia State: 144. Louisiana: 153
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 15 by 85. Charleston Southern: 16 by 40. Wisconsin: 22 by 31. South Alabama: 30 by 34.3. Mississippi State: 16 by 60.3. Idaho: 20 by 51.5. New Mexico State: 10 by 100. App State: 15 by 42.8. UL Monroe: 22 by 72.3. Georgia Southern: 14 by 46.3. Georgia State: 21 by 49.7. Louisiana: 29 by 51.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins137.5 · Games = 4 · +42.6 vs Losses
Losses94.9 · Games = 8 · -42.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
100 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | @ Louisiana100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 41-17 | 25 | 118 | 4.70 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 5.3 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Georgia State | L 21-31 | 16 | 54 | 3.40 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 6.9 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Georgia Southern | L 10-45 | 12 | 50 | 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4.9 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs UL Monroe100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 51-14 | 19 | 107 | 5.60 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 8.9 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ App State | L 41-44 | 13 | 55 | 4.20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Sun 10/25 | @ New Mexico State100 rush yards | W 52-7 | 10 | 133 | 13.30 | 1 | — | — | 13.3 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Idaho | L 16-19 | 18 | 83 | 4.60 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 5.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Mississippi State | L 17-45 | 15 | 86 | 5.70 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs South Alabama | L 18-24 | 26 | 83 | 3.20 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Wisconsin | L 3-28 | 19 | 62 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Charleston Southern2+ TD | W 44-16 | 14 | 50 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ NC State100 rush yards | L 21-49 | 14 | 124 | 8.90 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8.4 |
Player Story
Brandon Burks story
Brandon Burks built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Daleville, AL wearing No. 32, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Brandon Burks' career was his backfield work: 2,264 rushing yards, 431 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 673 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Troy. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 673 receiving yards and 207 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Troy.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon Burks moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Troy
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2012201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Troy | 863 | 49.8 | 22.2 | 863 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Troy | 765 | 53.1 | 19.4 | -98 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Troy | 1,309 | 55.4 | 37.8 | 544 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UL Monroe
Week 10 · W 51-14 · Conference game
Win with 196 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
196
Scrimmage Yards
90.8 takeover
196 scrimmage yards and 37.3 usage.
#2
@ Louisiana
Week 11 · L 36-41 · Conference game
133
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
Loss with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
133 scrimmage yards and 27.7 usage.
#3
vs South Alabama
Week 6 · W 34-33 · Conference game
122
Scrimmage Yards
83.9 takeover
Win with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.
#4
@ NC State
Week 1 · L 21-49
126
Scrimmage Yards
83.1 takeover
Loss with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
126 scrimmage yards and 39.5 usage.
#5
vs New Mexico State
Week 7 · W 41-24 · Conference game
200
Scrimmage Yards
81.7 takeover
Win with 200 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
200 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Troy
1,309 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 37.8 usage
82.7
#2
2013 Regular Season · Troy
60.4
863 primary · 49.8 efficiency · 22.2 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Troy
56.2
765 primary · 53.1 efficiency · 19.4 usage
Milestones
9
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Brandon Burks
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.