Former defensive back at Charlotte. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Richmond, VA
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. 180 nationally · Signed with Boston College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Charlotte. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
CJ Burton
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. CJ Burton has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles against Indiana — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Charlotte, 48 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (2nd 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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #402 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlotte | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 18 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 48 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 27–26
vs Gardner-Webb
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With M. O'Shaughnessy — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 73 LONG · T. Ivey — 142 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.7
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-30vs James Madison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-26vs Gardner-Webb | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-52@ Indiana | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 21-20@ Rice | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-24vs East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-51@ Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Vito Tisdale’s 2021 season.
Matches Vito on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ore Adeyi's junior season at Northwestern (2023).
Matches Ore on
Player DNA