Receiver, Michigan State, 2012–⁠15

Aaron Burbridge

Number
No. 16
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Farmington Hills, MI
Born
Dec 23, 1993, in Farmington Hills, Michigan

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Aaron Burbridge played receiver at Michigan State (2012–⁠15). The San Francisco 49ers took Burbridge in round 6, No. 213 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,258
Receiving yards, 2015 (Michigan State, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 213
Round 6, 2016 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

10catches, career hightwice; last at Nebraska, 2015164receiving yards, career highat Nebraska, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Air Force, 2015

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2013 and 2015

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Michigan State2936412.6238
2013Michigan State221948.8026
2014Michigan State2935812.3139
2015Michigan State851,25814.8756
Career1652,17413.21056

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Michigan State144.004
2013Michigan State46215.5035
2014Michigan State8394.9015
2015Michigan State9444.9013
Career221496.8035

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Michigan State16WR
2013Michigan State16WR
2014Michigan State16WR
2015Michigan State16WR6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Michigan State270.59––15.84%
2014Michigan State590.3019th (n=496)0.5218.06%
2015Michigan State1500.6468th (n=465)0.5395.915%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Michigan State 14 games, 85 catches, 1,258 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4atWestern MichiganW 37–⁠244117056–
Sep 12vs.OregonW 31–⁠288101128–
Sep 19vs.Air ForceW 35–⁠218156332–
Sep 26vs.Central MichiganW 30–⁠10431010–
Oct 3vs.PurdueW 24–⁠211909–
Oct 10atRutgersW 31–⁠24101560286
Oct 17atMichiganW 27–⁠2391320289
Oct 24vs.IndianaW 52–⁠268128131–
Nov 7atNebraskaL 38–⁠3910164133–
Nov 14vs.MarylandW 24–⁠7327014–
Nov 21atOhio StateW 17–⁠14462036–
Nov 28vs.Penn StateW 55–⁠1667512916
Dec 5vs.IowaW 16–⁠135610165
Dec 31 ✦vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠385390188
2014 Michigan State 13 games, 29 catches, 358 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.Jacksonville StateW 45–⁠7180818
Sep 6atOregonL 27–⁠46230022–
Sep 20vs.Eastern MichiganW 73–⁠14114014–
Sep 27vs.WyomingW 56–⁠14––––2
Oct 4vs.NebraskaW 27–⁠22237022–
Oct 11atPurdueW 45–⁠3122111314
Oct 18atIndianaW 56–⁠175480184
Oct 25vs.MichiganW 35–⁠11234025–
Nov 8vs.Ohio StateL 37–⁠49441019–
Nov 15atMarylandW 37–⁠151140141
Nov 22vs.RutgersW 45–⁠3222015–
Nov 29atPenn StateW 34–⁠10332016–
Jan 1 ✦vs.BaylorW 42–⁠41457039–
2013 Michigan State 9 games, 22 catches, 194 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Western MichiganW 26–⁠13416010–
Sep 7vs.South FloridaW 21–⁠612002021
Sep 14vs.Youngstown StateW 55–⁠17344026–
Sep 21atNotre DameL 13–⁠1742007–
Oct 5atIowaW 26–⁠1432201011
Oct 12vs.IndianaW 42–⁠28224014–
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 30–⁠6222017−5
Nov 30vs.MinnesotaW 14–⁠32120735
Dec 7vs.Ohio StateW 34–⁠24114014–
2012 Michigan State 7 games, 29 catches, 364 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 8atCentral MichiganW 41–⁠721409–
Oct 6atIndianaW 31–⁠278134035–
Oct 13vs.IowaL 16–⁠19589038–
Oct 20atMichiganL 10–⁠126510194
Nov 3vs.NebraskaL 24–⁠281707–
Nov 17vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠23447126–
Dec 29 ✦vs.TCUW 17–⁠16322115–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′0″
Weight206 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size8¼″
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.57 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.22 s
20-yard shuttle4.31 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 15 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016San Francisco 49ers157880

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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