Roderic Burns

Senior wide receiver for North Texas. 2023: 41 catches, 467 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · North Texas · Sr. · #2

5′9″ · 190 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 49 · #211 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceNorth Texas 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for North Texas. 2023: 41 catches, 467 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at North Texas, 2,125 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 141 yds at SMU.SMU · L 12-352021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Texas

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

2023

Eric Morris

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #211 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#190 / 639 · 70th pct

8.5%

Explosive rate#266 / 639 · 58th pct

14.9%

EPA / target#306 / 639 · 52nd pct

0.77

Catch rate#309 / 639 · 52nd pct

83.0%

Yards / catch#403 / 639 · 37th pct

11.1

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Receptions#173 / 566 · 69th pct

Rec yards#226 / 566 · 60th pct

467

Long catch#346 / 566 · 37th pct

Yards / catch#392 / 566 · 30th pct

11.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 52nd percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 58th percentile

Catch rate

65th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

7th → 70th percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	33.4	9.4	0.8
Road6g	4.5	50.0	9.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	45.8	8.6	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	38.4	10.5	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #211 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	North Texas	41	467	11.4	4	--
2022	North Texas	40	676	16.9	1	--
2021	North Texas	58	802	13.8	4	--
2020	North Texas	12	161	13.4	0	--
2019	North Texas	2	19	9.5	0	--
Career		153	2,125	13.9	9	--

Season	Team
2023	North Texas	--	--	--	47	--
2022	North Texas	1	3	--	49	--
2021	North Texas	2	18	19	53	--
2020	North Texas	1	7	--	--	--
2019	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	28	19	149	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2023

W 45–31

vs Abilene Christian

1 rec · 1 yds

Edged out Abilene Christian at home in a shootout.

With C. Rogers — 321 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.8 · 29 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Maclin — 2 rec · 110 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Memphis · 2&20 · Q1 · EPA +5.32Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 41 yds for a TD (Noah Rauschenberg KICK)
Week 8 · Tulane · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 42 yds to the TULN 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 27 yds to the LT 26 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Tulsa · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 14 yds to the TLSA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.02Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 22 yds to the LT 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 35 yds for a TD (Noah Rauschenberg KICK)
Week 7 · Temple · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 19 yds for a TD (Noah Rauschenberg KICK)
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 23 yds to the UNT 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 22 yds to the LT 31 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Navy · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Chandler Rogers pass complete to Roderic Burns for 11 yds to the UNT 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-58vs California	4	26	6.5	0	13
Wk 2	L 39-46@ Florida International	4	54	13.5	0	20
Wk 3	W 40-37@ Louisiana Tech	11	134	12.2	0	27	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 5	W 45-31vs Abilene Christian	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 6	L 24-27@ Navy	5	39	7.8	0	14
Wk 7	W 45-14vs Temple	2	21	10.5	1	19
Wk 8	L 28-35@ Tulane	4	54	13.5	0	42
Wk 9	L 42-45vs Memphis	5	102	20.4	3	41	3 TD catches
Wk 11	L 21-45@ SMU	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 12	W 35-28@ Tulsa	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 13	W 45-42vs UAB	2	17	8.5	0	9
Total		41	467	9.4	4	42

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

Roderic Burns

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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