Noah Burks: LB · Wisconsin · #41.
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Noah Burks
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fifth year in the Wisconsin linebacker corps. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Illinois, Week 6, 2021.
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
38 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 7.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-16vs No. 19 Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-41vs No. 12 Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38vs No. 14 Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-0@ Illinois | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-14vs Army | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ No. 25 Purdue | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-7vs No. 9 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 52-3@ Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-7vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-28vs Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-23@ Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 18 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%8 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups42 tackles · 8 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Paul Chryst — 44-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
35.0%
300 pass / 558 run
Plays / game
71.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #476 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wisconsin, 102 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Chryst.
