Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Cincinnati, OH
Joe Burger: LB · Ohio State · #48.
Joe Burger
A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Bowling Green — Week 1, 2016.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ohio State | 14 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 14 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 77-10vs Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-3vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-3vs No. 9 Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-3@ Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27vs No. 3 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 0-31@ No. 3 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
41.5%
407 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
75.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Ohio State, 14 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Urban Meyer.
