#41

Noah Burks

Senior linebacker for Wisconsin. 2021: 42 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Wisconsin · Sr. · #41

6′2″ · 245 lb · Carmel, IN

CFB Index 27 · #476 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceWisconsin 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 470 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Wisconsin. 2021: 42 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Wisconsin, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Wisconsin3-star out of Carmel

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#470 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

Played his entire career under Paul Chryst.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Paul Chryst — 44-17 over that span.

2017Wisconsin13-1HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2018Wisconsin8-5HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2020Wisconsin4-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #476 of 578?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (90th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Sacks#223 / 2743 · 91st pct

4.0

QB hurries#213 / 2743 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#253 / 2743 · 90th pct

8.0

Tackles#843 / 2743 · 69th pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1208 / 2743 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1
Road4g	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.7	0.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #476 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #476 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Wisconsin	42	19	8.0	4.0	2	1	--
2020	Wisconsin	18	13	1.0	1.0	1	1	--
2019	Wisconsin	36	18	7.0	2.0	3	1	--
2018	Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		102	54	16.0	7.0	6	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-16vs Penn State	3	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-7vs Eastern Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-41vs Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-38vs Michigan	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-0@ Illinois	6	1	1.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	W 20-14vs Army	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-13@ Purdue	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-7vs Iowa	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 10	W 52-3@ Rutgers	4	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 35-7vs Northwestern	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-28vs Nebraska	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 13-23@ Minnesota	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		38	18	7.5	3.5	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Noah Burks

2016

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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