Joe Burkett: LB · Missouri · #34.
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Joe Burkett
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Missouri. On tape: 6 tackles against Purdue, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 72-43vs Missouri State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-35vs Purdue | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 14-51vs No. 15 Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 68-21vs Idaho | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-12@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-16vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 50-17vs Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-17@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%1 pass breakups17 tackles.
2 seasons under Barry Odom — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
47.2%
429 pass / 479 run
Plays / game
69.8
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
463 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Missouri, 57 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Pinkel → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
