Aaron Burbridge

#16 · WR · Michigan State6′1″ · Farmington Hills, MI · Harrison

Aaron Burbridge: WR · Michigan State · #16.

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Aaron Burbridge

WR · Michigan State · #16

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Second year in the same receiving corps at Michigan State. The first career honor came in 2015: All-Big Ten. On tape: 164 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Nebraska, Week 10, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Michigan State in the news

Spartan Stadium renovation plans evolvingThe Detroit News Oct 27
Oregon hires Jay Johnson as OCOct 27
Milvojevic, Patterson out for UCLA gameDetroit Free Press Oct 24
$10M donation to MSU athleticsLansing State Journal Oct 23

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Michigan State	85	1,258	14.8	7	56
2014	Michigan State	29	358	12.3	1	39
Career		114	1,616	14.2	8	56

Season	Team
2015	Michigan State	9	44
2014	Michigan State	8	39
Career		17	83

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-24@ Western Michigan	4	117	29.3	0	56
Wk 2	W 31-28vs No. 7 Oregon	8	101	12.6	1	28
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Air Force	8	156	19.5	3	32	3 TD catches
Wk 4	W 30-10vs Central Michigan	4	31	7.8	0	10
Wk 5	W 24-21vs Purdue	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 31-24@ Rutgers	10	156	15.6	0	28	156-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 27-23@ No. 12 Michigan	9	132	14.7	0	28	132-yard receiving day
Wk 8	W 52-26vs Indiana	8	128	16.0	1	31
Wk 10	L 38-39@ Nebraska	10	164	16.4	1	33	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 11	W 24-7vs Maryland	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 12	W 17-14@ No. 2 Ohio State	4	62	15.5	0	36
Wk 13	W 55-16vs Penn State	6	75	12.5	1	29
Wk 14	W 16-13vs No. 4 Iowa	5	61	12.2	0	16
Bowl	L 0-38vs No. 2 Alabama	5	39	7.8	0	18
Total		85	1258	14.8	7	56

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

W 35-21

vs Air Force

8 rec · 156 yds · 3 TD

With C. Cook — 247 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.8 · J. Hartbarger — 44.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +4.32Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 56 yds to the WMich 14 for a
Week 12 · Ohio State · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +4.24Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 36 yds to the OhSt 28 for a
Week 10 · Nebraska · 2nd and 24 · Q2 · EPA +3.71Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 29 yds to the Neb 19 for a
Week 14 · Iowa · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 16 yds to the Iowa 44 for a
Week 7 · Michigan · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 27 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 10 · Nebraska · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 33 yds for a TD, (Michael Geiger KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · Air Force · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.13Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 26 yds to the AFA 20 for a
Week 11 · Maryland · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.12Tyler O'Connor pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 14 yds to the Mary 43 for a
Week 6 · Rutgers · 4th and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 25 yds to the Rutgr 9 for a
Week 7 · Michigan · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Connor Cook pass complete to Aaron Burbridge for 25 yds to the MchSt 48 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 23-4 over that span.

2014Michigan State11-2HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Michigan State12-2HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (96th percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#144 / 684 · 79th pct

14.8

EPA / target#158 / 684 · 77th pct

0.66

Explosive rate#174 / 684 · 75th pct

15.1%

TD rate#349 / 684 · 49th pct

4.3%

Catch rate#527 / 684 · 23rd pct

59.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#16 / 521 · 97th pct

1258

Receptions#22 / 521 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#55 / 521 · 88th pct

Rush yards#67 / 247 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#142 / 521 · 72nd pct

14.8

Long catch#182 / 521 · 65th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

36th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

14th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

26th → 49th percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	75.3	12.3	0.9
Road5g	7.4	126	18.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.1	92.6	14.5	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	86.2	13.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Mark Dantonio

Pass share

45.1%

439 pass / 535 run

Plays / game

69.6

14 games

Team sack rate

4.5%

468 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Aaron Burbridge

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Michigan State, drafted

2012

2015 14 games

2016