#91

Ethan Burke

Senior linebacker for Texas. 2025: 40 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Texas · Sr. · #91

6′6″ · 259 lb · Austin, TX

CFB Index 56 · #238 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Texas for 2026

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

Tackles for loss: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

7 TFL · 3 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 3 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, vs Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Texas. 2025: 40 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2022.

His career, year by year

Ethan Burke

LB · Texas · Sr · #91

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the Texas linebacker corps, same address the whole way. 2025 brought the first one: SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. The receipt: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Texas A&M — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 43-13 over that span.

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #238 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#906 / 2975 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.2
Road4g	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #238 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #238 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #39 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas	40	17	7.0	3.0	1	--	--
2024	Texas	27	17	9.0	2.0	4	1	--
2023	Texas	39	20	8.5	4.5	--	--	--
2022	Texas	6	5	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	59	26.0	9.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 27–17

vs Texas A&M

9 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 TFL

With J. Bouwmeester — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 58 LONG · A. Manning — 179 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 53 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-14@ Ohio State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-7vs San José State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-10vs UTEP	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-29@ Florida	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 23-6vs Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 16-13@ Kentucky	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-38@ Mississippi State	7	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 34-31vs Vanderbilt	3	3	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 13	W 52-37vs Arkansas	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-17vs Texas A&M	9	3	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Total		40	17	7.0	3.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

40Tackles

17Solo

7TFL

3Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

40 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 91 sack
Week 102 sacks
Week 141 PD

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

Texas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Texas

Returning around him

6 Texas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (22 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7

DNA match

Player DNA

Thumper

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Andre Jones’s 2022 season.

Andre Jones

68%match

Louisiana · 2022

All-Sun Belt

John McCartan

Oregon State · 2023

68%

Ethan Burke

Texas · 2023

68%

JJ Weaver

Kentucky · 2022

65%

Kelle Sanders

UAB · 2021

64%

Matches Andre on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Andre on

Sack rate (lower)

Height (higher)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Blake Mangelson's senior season at BYU (2024).

Blake Mangelson

82%match

BYU · 2024

Anthony Goodlow

Oklahoma State · 2023

All-AAC

81%

Noah Collins

Arkansas State · 2024

73%

Tre'Vonn Rybka

Kentucky · 2024

72%

Ovie Oghoufo

LSU · 2023

71%

Matches Blake on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Ethan Burke

Ethan Burke

Texas · 2025

68%

JJ Weaver

Kentucky · 2024

64%

John McCartan

Oregon State · 2023

63%

Demon Clowney

Charlotte · 2024

63%

Malick Sylla

Mississippi State · 2025

60%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20224 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Thumper

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