Jordan Burton: LB · Oklahoma State · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jordan Burton
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Oklahoma State. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Baylor — Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 5 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.
The New York Times Nov 1
Sports Illustrated Oct 29
Oklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
The Oklahoman Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 61 | 44 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 61 | 44 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-7vs SE Louisiana | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-30vs Central Michigan | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-38vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ No. 16 Baylor | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-31vs No. 22 Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31vs Iowa State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-20@ Kansas | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-20vs No. 10 West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 43-37@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-44vs Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-38@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-8vs No. 11 Colorado | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 44 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%5 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
3%2 pass breakups61 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Mike Gundy, all balanced offenses — 20-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
49.2%
465 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
72.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
502 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Oklahoma State, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
