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.

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Brian Burns

3× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time linebackersPer-Snap Specialist📈 Late Developer · 2025 Team Carrier · #59

Height6'5"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

70 career value over replacement — #1651 all-time of 4,695. 10/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2019 · +1.8 vs expected KV-H

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57.2 expected · Δ+1.8

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Combined Season Grid

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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	21	CAR	16	—	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	22	CAR	15	—	58	35	23	8	21	9.0	38.0	0	4	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	750	75.8%	70	17.4%	18	17	0.9	93.1	-1.4	37	16	11	7	6	0.1
2021	23	CAR	17	—	46	27	19	13	18	9.0	40.0	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	840	77.3%	92	20.5%	10	10	1.0	100.8	4.0	31	13	8	28	8	0.1
2022	24	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	25	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	26	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	27	NYG	17	—	67	39	28	22	31	16.5	69.5	0	7	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	862	77.1%	4	0.8%	14	12	0.9	83.3	-0.6	41	10	14	39	4	0.1
2026	28	NYG	3	—	4	4	0	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	116	64.7%	8	12.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	117	—	364	212	152	98	146	71.0	315.0	0	28	13	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	75	61	—	—	—	217	73	69	176	36	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Regular-season all-time ranks

99thSacks·71

Pro Bowls

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A linebacker whose elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group) stands out despite limited volume (top 30% among starters overall). When on the field, they made it count — a specialist's profile.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 70 · #1651 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 36% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.7

Avg surplus

peak +15

6 seasons × ~11.7 surplus ≈