Major Burns

Former safety at LSU. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · LSU · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 195 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

CFB Index 56 · #219 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceLSU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 182 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at LSU. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2020.
Transferred from Georgia to LSU in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at LSU, 200 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Madison Prep Academy

20215 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#182 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022–2024

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #219 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#636 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#682 / 2892 · 75th pct

4.5

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1048 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th 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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.4	0.5	0.2	0.1
Road3g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.8	0.7	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #219 of 537 safeties

Former four-star. Now #219 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	LSU	49	20	4.5	1.5	2	--	--
2023	LSU	90	44	3.5	1.0	3	1	--
2022	LSU	31	20	3.5	0.0	3	--	--
2021	LSU	25	16	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
2020	Georgia	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		200	103	11.5	2.5	9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 29–26

vs Ole Miss

8 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Nussmeier — 337 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 73.0 · 16 rush yds (2 car) · P. Todd — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 20-27vs USC	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Nicholls	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 36-33@ South Carolina	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-17vs UCLA	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 42-10vs South Alabama	8	3	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	W 29-26vs Ole Miss	8	4	2.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 8	W 34-10@ Arkansas	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 23-38@ Texas A&M	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-42vs Alabama	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Vanderbilt	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		49	20	4.5	1.5	—	2

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