Rodjay Burns: LB · Louisville · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rodjay Burns
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Virginia Tech — Week 9, 2020.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louisville | 58 | 37 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | 2 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 76 | 49 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisville | 32 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 167 | 106 | 18.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-21vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-47vs No. 17 Miami | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ No. 21 Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-46@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-12@ No. 4 Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-16vs Florida State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42vs Virginia Tech | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 17-31@ Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-0vs Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-34@ Boston College | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-21vs Wake Forest | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 37 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%8 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups58 tackles · 8 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
43.0%
314 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
66.5
11 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Ohio State and Louisville, 167 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Urban Meyer, Bobby Petrino and Scott Satterfield.
