Ethan Burke is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Texas.
Burke fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the Texas linebacker corps. The first one came in 2025: SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas A&M — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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 · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14@ No. 3 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 No. 6 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 No. 9 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 No. 3 Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2025
W 34-31
vs Vanderbilt
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Vanderbilt at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%7 TFLSack rate
8%3 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups40 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks.
4 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 43-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
50.2%
419 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #238 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #39 of 76 SEC LBs
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%).
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Sarkisian.
