Last confirmed: Florida State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 231 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · American Heritage
Brian Burns: DE · Florida State · #99.
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Brian Burns
Wins the corner before the tackle can set. Brian Burns has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Florida State. On tape: 7 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 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 him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 23
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida State | 53 | 31 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 3 |
| 2017 | Florida State | 47 | 25 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2016 | Florida State | 23 | 14 | 9.5 | 8.5 | -- |
| Career | 123 | 70 | 38.5 | 23.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-24vs No. 20 Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-26vs Samford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-30@ Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 37-19vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24@ Louisville | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-28@ No. 17 Miami | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 38-17vs Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 10-59vs No. 2 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-47@ NC State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-42@ No. 3 Notre Dame | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 22-21vs No. 22 Boston College | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-41vs No. 13 Florida | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 31 | 15.5 | 10.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
19%10 sacksTFL rate
29%16 TFLHurry rate
15%8 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
56%10 of 18 pressures53 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 10 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Taggart
Pass share
54.1%
451 pass / 383 run
Plays / game
69.5
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
499 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
53 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida State, 23 sacks — drafted at #16 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
His career
He has a stat line in 33 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Willie Taggart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 8th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 8th NFL season
