Keith Burns
Role Player
A linebacker who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
1 grid split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | — | CHI | 4 | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | — | DEN | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | — | DEN | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | — | DEN | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | — | TB | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | — | DEN | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | — | DEN | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 13 | — | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 12 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 12 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 1 scored season, with a short career trimming the score.
17
Sustained
career value
×.6
17
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.72
Longevity
career length
Blend 17 × longevity 0.72 = KV-H 12· confidence 50%
What builds the career mark of 17
On-field 14.5
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
1999bestavg 171999
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position0
Depth
of 100
Reached 0% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
0% of the all-time Interceptions leader0
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
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: 89%.
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oklahoma State; Navarro), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.
Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Ian GoldOLB6yJason ElamK5yAl WilsonMLB5yTrevor PryceDE4yDwayne CarswellOT4yMike AndersonRB4ySam BrandonDB4yEd McCaffreyWR3yJimmy SpencerDB3yJake PlummerQB3yDeltha O'NealCB3yJohn MobleyOLB3yKenoy KennedyS3yBrian GrieseQB3yStephen AlexanderTE3yAshley LelieWR3yNick FergusonFS3yLenny WallsCB3yJeb PutzierTE3yMonsanto PopeDT3yCecil SappRB3yBarry SimsOT3yJohn LynchFS2yChamp BaileyCB2y
1994 Draft Class· this player went #210
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2006final season
Last recorded season with DEN
- 2005team change
Joined DEN (from TB)
- 2004team change
Joined TB (from DEN)
- 2000team change
Joined DEN (from CHI)
- 1999team change
Joined CHI (from DEN)
- 1994draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 7, Pick 210
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'2" / 235 lb
Frame
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 1-season peers. See all →
12
peak 17
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.
12%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 1.3 | 17+12 | 1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #210 (Rd 7) · DEN · 1994 · -11.9 vs expected KV-H
12actual
23.9 expected · Δ−11.9
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