Player Dossier

2012-2015

Troy

Brandon Burks

RB • 5'10" • Daleville, AL, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Brandon Burks leans workhorse runner traits and 55.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Troy

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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...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7986

Daleville · Daleville, AL

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonTroy3000050
2013 Regular SeasonTroy12863675188260.4
2014 Regular SeasonTroy11765584181456.2
2015 Regular SeasonTroy121,3091,005304982.7

Related Context

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

2014 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 53.1 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: New Mexico State

Win with 200 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Troy

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

69.5

Efficiency

53.1

Usage

19.4

Consistency

57.9

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UAB: 65. Duke: 78. Abilene Christian: 82. Georgia: 18. UL Monroe: 4. New Mexico State: 200. App State: 44. South Alabama: 50. Georgia Southern: 34. Georgia State: 122. Louisiana: 68

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAB: 13 by 53.6. Duke: 14 by 52.8. Abilene Christian: 12 by 36.3. Georgia: 6 by 25. UL Monroe: 8 by 5.2. New Mexico State: 12 by 100. App State: 8 by 66.7. South Alabama: 14 by 37.2. Georgia Southern: 9 by 39.4. Georgia State: 14 by 86.3. Louisiana: 9 by 81.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins161 · Games = 2 · +111.8 vs Losses
Losses49.2 · Games = 9 · -111.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

100 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/29vs LouisianaL 23-426508.3003187.6
Sat 11/8vs Georgia State100 rush yardsW 45-21131189.101148.7
Thu 10/30@ Georgia SouthernL 10-429343.8003.8
Fri 10/24@ South AlabamaL 13-2714503.6003.6
Sat 10/18vs App StateL 14-5364271225.5
Sat 10/11vs New Mexico State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 41-241017617.60022416.7
Sat 9/27@ UL MonroeL 20-22840.5000.5
Sat 9/20@ GeorgiaL 0-6636203123
Sat 9/13vs Abilene Christian2+ TDL 35-388101.3014726.8
Sat 9/6vs DukeL 17-3411524.7003265.6
Sat 8/30@ UABL 10-488425.3005235

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

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    Troy

    2012-2015

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Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonTroy00
2013 Regular SeasonTroy86349.822.2863
2014 Regular SeasonTroy76553.119.4-98
2015 Regular SeasonTroy1,30955.437.8544

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.

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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

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#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