CJ Burton
CJ Burton
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. CJ Burton has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles against Indiana — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Charlotte, 48 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlotte | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 18 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 48 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 27–26
vs Gardner-Webb
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Vito Tisdale’s 2021 season.
Matches Vito on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ore Adeyi's junior season at Northwestern (2023).
Matches Ore on