Quarterback, Purdue (from UCLA), 2018–⁠22

Austin Burton

Number: No. 12
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2022): Sixth-year
Hometown: Newton, MA

Austin Burton played quarterback at UCLA (2018–⁠20) and Purdue (2020–⁠22).

236passing yards, career highvs. Oregon State, 2019 3touchdown passes, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 2022

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

365

273

4–⁠89–⁠48–⁠6

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2019	UCLA	44	64	68.8	365	5.7	1	0
2021	Purdue	5	7	71.4	44	6.3	0	0
2022	Purdue	36	56	64.3	273	4.9	3	2
Career		85	127	66.9	682	5.4	4	2

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2019	UCLA	23	100	4.3	1	16
2021	Purdue	13	38	2.9	0	8
2022	Purdue	18	28	1.6	0	10
Career		54	166	3.1	1	16

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	UCLA	12	QB	So.
2019	UCLA	12	QB	Jr.
2020	UCLA	12	QB	Sr.
2020	Purdue	12	QB	Sr.
2021	Purdue	12	QB	5th
2022	Purdue	12	QB	6th	6′3″	210

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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	Adj. pass
2019	UCLA	89	0.21	–	–	18.9	18%	0.19
2021	Purdue	20	0.03	–	–	0.6	4%	–
2022	Purdue	71	0.04	–	–	3.0	20%	0.16

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Purdue 5 games, 273 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 10	vs.Indiana State	W 56–⁠0	3	3	33	0	0	15
Sep 24	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 28–⁠26	21	29	166	3	1	15
Nov 5	vs.Iowa	L 3–⁠24	–	–	–	–	–	7
Nov 19	vs.Northwestern	W 17–⁠9	–	–	–	–	–	5
Jan 2 ✦	vs.LSU	L 7–⁠63	12	24	74	0	1	−14

2021 Purdue 7 games, 44 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 11	atUConn	W 49–⁠0	5	5	44	0	0	5
Oct 2	vs.Minnesota	L 13–⁠20	–	–	–	–	–	14
Oct 16	atIowa	W 24–⁠7	0	1	0	0	0	10
Oct 23	vs.Wisconsin	L 13–⁠30	–	–	–	–	–	1
Oct 30	atNebraska	W 28–⁠23	–	–	–	–	–	0
Nov 6	vs.Michigan State	W 40–⁠29	–	–	–	–	–	1
Nov 27	vs.Indiana	W 44–⁠7	0	1	0	0	0	7

2019 UCLA 6 games, 365 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 28	atArizona	L 17–⁠20	5	9	48	0	0	8
Oct 5	vs.Oregon State	L 31–⁠48	27	41	236	1	0	64
Oct 26	vs.Arizona State	W 42–⁠32	–	–	–	–	–	5
Nov 16	atUtah	L 3–⁠49	–	–	–	–	–	6
Nov 23	atUSC	L 35–⁠52	4	5	16	0	0	6
Nov 30	vs.California	L 18–⁠28	8	9	65	0	0	11