Senior defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 212 lb · San Diego, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 66 nationally · Joined Syracuse
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Syracuse's 2025 roster.
Berry Buxton III
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Berry Buxton III has been at Syracuse through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Colgate — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Nunzio Campanile → Fran Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #527 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #73 of 75 ACC DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 66–24
vs Colgate
5 TOT · 4 SOLO
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
With S. Angeli — 382 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.5 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · D. Gill Jr. — 6 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Miami | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-70@ Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Syracuse
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #35
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Emany Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Emany on
Differs from Emany on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kaulana Makaula's junior season at Hawai'i (2022).
Matches Kaulana on
Player DNA