O.J. Burroughs

Former safety at Kansas. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

S · Kansas · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 185 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 64 · #143 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 894 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Kansas. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kansas, 180 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

202110 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of IMG Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#894 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Lance Leipold — 22-28 over that span.

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #143 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#64 / 2892 · 98th pct

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Tackles#318 / 2892 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.8
Road6g	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #143 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #143 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	64	51	3.5	6	1	--
2023	Kansas	50	40	1.5	3	1	--
2022	Kansas	40	34	0.5	3	2	1
2021	Kansas	26	22	0.0	2	1	--
Career		180	147	5.5	14	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

1 TFL · 6 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Lindenwood	1	1	1.0	—	3
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	11	5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	7	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	6	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-21vs Colorado	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	11	9	0.0	—	1
Total		64	51	3.5	1	6

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

O.J. Burroughs

202110 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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