Usage / Role
100%
Featured defensive role
Player Dossier
2012-2015Kansas State
DB • 5'11" • Wichita, KS, USA
Morgan Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 1.7 disruption score.
Usage / Role
100%
Featured defensive role
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Kansas State
Snapshot
Player Story
Morgan Burns built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Wichita, KS wearing No. 33, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Morgan Burns' career was his return-game role:...
Read the storyMorgan Burns, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Kansas State. Morgan Burns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 1.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Kansas State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 38.6 |
| 2015 Postseason | Kansas State | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 5 | 12.6 |
Related Context
Morgan Burns played DB for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Morgan Burns recorded 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Kansas State.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 1.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
1.7
Usage
—
Consistency
2.8
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: 0. South Dakota: 0. UTSA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Texas: 0. Baylor: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Iowa State: 0. Kansas: 1. West Virginia: 0
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
20 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | @ Arkansas | L 23-45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs West Virginia | W 24-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Kansas | W 45-14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Iowa State | W 38-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Texas Tech | L 44-59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/6 | vs Baylor | L 24-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Texas | L 9-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Oklahoma | L 0-55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Oklahoma State | L 34-36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 39-33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | @ UTSA | W 30-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/5 | vs South Dakota | W 34-0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Morgan Burns built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Wichita, KS wearing No. 33, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Morgan Burns' career was his return-game role: 1,572 return yards and 6 return touchdowns across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Kansas State. 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. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Morgan Burns moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
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Kansas State
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 7.5 | — | 3 |
| 2015 Postseason | Kansas State | 1 | 1.7 | — | -2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1 | 1.7 | — | 0 |
#1 Featured game
vs Texas Tech
Week 6 · W 45-13 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Kansas
Week 13 · W 45-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Oklahoma
Week 8 · W 31-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#4
vs Baylor
Week 7 · L 25-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 6 · L 29-33 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Kansas State
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2014 Regular Season · Kansas State
38.6
3 primary · 7.5 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Kansas State
12.6
1 primary · 1.7 efficiency · — usage
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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