Oren Burks is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Burks in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Burks's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2018 | 23 | GB | 14 | — | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 122 | 13.9% | 254 | 61.9% | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 98.6 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 24 | GB | 12 | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 57 | 7.1% | 249 | 77.0% | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 55.2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 25 | GB | 16 | — | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 96 | 10.0% | 335 | 77.9% | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 118.7 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 26 | GB | 17 | — | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 205 | 19.2% | 337 | 78.0% | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 80.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 27 | SF | 17 | — | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 157 | 15.4% | 335 | 76.2% | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 120.4 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 28 | SF | 15 | — | 41 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 326 | 34.0% | 156 | 40.9% | 22 | 15 | 0.7 | 61.4 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 29 | PHI | 17 | — | 31 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 147 | 14.8% | 319 | 71.0% | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 90.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 30 | CIN | 17 | — | 48 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 340 | 31.6% | 385 | 84.4% | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 127.1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0.2 |
| 2026 | 31 | CIN | 5 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 26 | 8.4% | 108 | 81.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 130 | — | 206 | 104 | 102 | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 | 82 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 20 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
21 career value over replacement — #3113 all-time of 4,695. 2.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #88 (Rd 3) · GB · 2018 · +11.5 vs expected KV-H
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