Brian Burns is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Burns in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Burns's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

LBNYG#0ACT

Brian Burns

3× Pro BowlTop 20% all-time linebackersFranchise Cornerstone📈 Late Developer · 2025 Team Carrier · #67

Height6'5"

Weight250 lb

BornApr 23, 1998

Age28

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

89thSacks·71

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker with exceptional availability — almost never missed time and elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group). The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 70 · #1620 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 36% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.7

Avg surplus

peak +15

6 seasons × ~11.7 surplus ≈ VORP 70

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	—	CAR	12	—	23	17	6	5	16	7.5	28.5	0	0	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	477	42.7%	132	27.6%	1	1	1.0	83.3	-6.0	23	8	7	12	3	0.1
2020	—	CAR	15	—	58	35	23	8	21	9.0	38.0	0	4	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	750	75.8%	70	18.6%	18	17	0.9	93.1	-1.4	37	16	11	7	6	0.1
2021	—	CAR	16	—	46	27	19	13	18	9.0	40.0	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	840	77.3%	92	21.8%	10	10	1.0	100.8	4.0	31	13	8	28	8	0.1
2022	—	CAR	16	—	59	30	29	17	22	12.5	51.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	951	87.1%	71	15.8%	12	6	0.5	59.7	2.1	30	8	9	29	4	0.1
2023	—	CAR	16	—	43	25	18	16	18	8.0	42.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	814	83.3%	55	13.0%	15	12	0.8	86.1	1.4	21	2	11	35	4	0.1
2024	—	NYG	17	—	64	35	29	17	18	8.5	43.5	0	8	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	866	79.2%	—	0.0%	5	3	0.6	82.1	6.0	34	16	9	26	7	0.1
2025	—	NYG	17	—	67	39	28	22	31	16.5	69.5	0	7	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	862	77.1%	4	4.7%	14	12	0.9	83.3	-0.6	41	10	14	39	4	0.1
Career		—	109	—	360	208	152	98	144	71.0	313.0	0	28	13	3	1	0	—	0.0%	5,560	74.7%	424	16.9%	75	61	—	—	—	217	73	69	176	36	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	21	CAR	12	0*	23	17	6	5	16	7.5	28.5	0	1	1	1	8.9
2020	22	CAR	15	11*	58	35	23	8	21	9.0	38.0	4	3	—	0	12.7
2021	23	CAR	16	13*	46	27	19	13	18	9.0	40.0	4	2	—	0	12.8
2022	24	CAR	16	14*	59	30	29	17	22	12.5	51.5	3	1	—	0	13.1
2023	25	CAR	16	13*	43	25	18	16	18	8.0	42.0	2	1	1	0	11.1
2024	26	NYG	17	13*	64	35	29	17	18	8.5	43.5	8	2	—	0	12.8
2025	27	NYG	17	13*	67	39	28	22	31	16.5	69.5	7	3	1	0	16.5
Career			109	77*	360	208	152	98	144	—	—	28	13	3	1	87.9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	21	CAR	16	0*	—	0.0%	477	42.7%	132	27.6%
2020	22	CAR	15	11*	—	0.0%	750	75.8%	70	18.6%
2021	23	CAR	17	13*	—	0.0%	840	77.3%	92	21.8%
2022	24	CAR	16	14*	—	0.0%	951	87.1%	71	15.8%
2023	25	CAR	16	13*	—	0.0%	814	83.3%	55	13.0%
2024	26	NYG	17	13*	—	0.0%	866	79.2%	—	0.0%
2025	27	NYG	17	13*	—	0.0%	862	77.1%	4	4.7%
Career			114	77*	—	—	5,560	—	424	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	21	CAR	16	0*	1	1	1.0	83.3	-6.0	23	8	7	12	3	0.1
2020	22	CAR	15	11*	18	17	0.9	93.1	-1.4	37	16	11	7	6	0.1
2021	23	CAR	17	13*	10	10	1.0	100.8	4.0	31	13	8	28	8	0.1
2022	24	CAR	16	14*	12	6	0.5	59.7	2.1	30	8	9	29	4	0.1
2023	25	CAR	16	13*	15	12	0.8	86.1	1.4	21	2	11	35	4	0.1
2024	26	NYG	17	13*	5	3	0.6	82.1	6.0	34	16	9	26	7	0.1
2025	27	NYG	17	13*	14	12	0.9	83.3	-0.6	41	10	14	39	4	0.1
Career			114	77*	75	61	—	—	—	217	73	69	176	36	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 38.4

Availability 18.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)

2019bestavg 572025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #67 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

118

4 qualifying seasons

2025 NYG·4 team wins#2

Sacks · 17 · score 72

2020 CAR·5 team wins#14

Sacks · 9 · score 24

2024 NYG·3 team wins#23

Sacks · 9 · score 12

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 36% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

36% of the all-time Sacks leader36

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.367See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.367Snap share74.7%Def snaps5,560Elite · ConsistentCV 0.19

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

LB · 2019 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 71thClass Pos 81thClass All 73th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 73thClass Pos 60thClass All 67th

129"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 94thClass Pos 94thClass All 91th

7.01s

3-Cone

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 68thClass Pos 59thClass All 75th

College Stats

Florida StateImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	Florida State	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	1	0	—	—
2017	Florida State	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	3	1	—	—
2018	Florida State	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	1	—	—
Career		0	71	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	7	0	7	2	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8T.J. HockensonTE #9Ed OliverDT #10Devin BushLB #11Jonah WilliamsDE #12Rashan GaryLB #13Christian WilkinsDT #14Chris LindstromG #15Dwayne HaskinsQB #17Dexter LawrenceDT #18Garrett BradburyC #19Jeffery SimmonsDT #20Noah FantTE #21Darnell SavageDB #22Andre DillardOT #23Tytus HowardOT #24Josh JacobsRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Carolina Panthers LB room from Marquis Haynes (2018–2024), and handed it to Frankie Luvu (2021–2023).

Andre Royal 1995–1997Micheal Barrow 1997–1999Jeff Brady 1998Lester Towns 2000–2003Dan Morgan 2001–2007Mark Fields

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2024team change
Joined NYG (from CAR)
2019draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 250 lb

Frame

249 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

36" vert / 129" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NYG	0	W3Questionable· GroinW7Questionable· GroinW16Questionable· Ankle / Neck
2023	CAR	1	W6Questionable· AnkleW8Questionable· ElbowW10Out· Concussion / ElbowW15Questionable· Ankle
2022	CAR	0	W18Questionable· Ankle
2021	CAR	0	W10Questionable· Foot
2020	CAR	0	W16Questionable· KneeW17Doubtful· Shoulder
2019	CAR	0	W5Questionable· Wrist

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 61

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2019

B2020

C+2021

C+2022

C+2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

97%

Era Translator

Tackles translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2019	23	1.9	25+2	1.5
2020	58	3.9	63+5	3.7
2021	46	2.9	46	2.7
2022	59	3.7	60+1	3.5
2023	43	2.7	46+3	2.7
2024	64	3.8	65+1	3.8
2025	67	3.9	67	3.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

70 career value over replacement — #1620 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2019 · +1.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

57.5 expected · Δ+1.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

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Era Translator