Former safety at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Los Angeles, CA
The story
Former safety at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBrandon Burton
Brandon Burton has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Air Force — Week 13, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico, 32 tackles — drafted at #139 overall by Minnesota.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bob Davie.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
MinnesotaEntering 16th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (17th 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
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New Mexico | 22 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | UCLA | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 32 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 21-32@ San José State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-35vs Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-45vs Hawai'i | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-42@ Boise State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-44vs Air Force | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-38vs Utah State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |