Berry Buxton III is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Syracuse.
Buxton moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Syracuse: Nunzio Campanile and Fran Brown. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Colgate — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45vs No. 24 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@ No. 7 Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ No. 18 Miami | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-70@ No. 9 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 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 66-24
vs Colgate
5 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL19 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
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 |
| Road4g | 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
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #527 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #73 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dino Babers → Fran Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
