Sophomore linebacker for North Texas. 2025: 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′0″ · 213 lb · Fort Worth, TX
The numbers
tackles · 2025
1 TFL
Best game: 6 tackles, 1 TFL, vs San Diego State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for North Texas. 2025: 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
S'Maje Burrell
S'Maje Burrell has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against San Diego State — Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Eric Morris → Drew Svoboda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 49–47
6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL
Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.
With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 59-10vs Washington State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-24@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 21-34@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 49-47@ San Diego State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135