Oren Burks: LB · Vanderbilt · #20.
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Oren Burks
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Vanderbilt linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 15 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Florida — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 7 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 82 | 45 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 59 | 40 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 141 | 85 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 9 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-6@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Alabama A&M | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-7vs No. 18 Kansas State | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-59vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ No. 21 Florida | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 14-45vs No. 5 Georgia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-57@ Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-34@ South Carolina | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-44vs Kentucky | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-45vs Missouri | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-24@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 45 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%7 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
4%3 pass breakups82 tackles · 7 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Derek Mason — 15-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
54.2%
403 pass / 341 run
Plays / game
62.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
82 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 141 tackles — drafted at #88 overall by the Green Bay Packers.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Green Bay PackersEntering 9th NFL season
Green Bay PackersEntering 9th NFL season
