Safety, LSU (from Georgia), 2020–24
Major Burns
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Born
- May 22, 2002
Major Burns played safety at Georgia (2020) and LSU (2021–24).
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Wisconsin, 2023Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia | 8 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | LSU | 8 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | LSU | 8 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | LSU | 8 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | LSU | 8 | S | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 195 |
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.
Game by game
2024 LSU 10 games, 49 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. USC | L 20–27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Nicholls | W 44–21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at South Carolina | W 36–33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. UCLA | W 34–17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. South Alabama | W 42–10 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Ole Miss | W 29–26 | 8 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Arkansas | W 34–10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | at Texas A&M | L 23–38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Alabama | L 13–42 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 24–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 LSU 13 games, 90 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Florida State | L 24–45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Grambling | W 72–10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Mississippi State | W 41–14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Arkansas | W 34–31 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atOle Miss | L 49–55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at Missouri | W 49–39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Auburn | W 48–18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Army | W 62–0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atAlabama | L 28–42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Florida | W 52–35 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Georgia State | W 56–14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Texas A&M | W 42–30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | W 35–31 | 13 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 LSU 8 games, 31 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs.Florida State | L 23–24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Southern | W 65–17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Mississippi State | W 31–16 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Alabama | W 32–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atArkansas | W 13–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. UAB | W 41–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atTexas A&M | L 23–38 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs. Georgia | L 30–50 | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 LSU 5 games, 25 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | atUCLA | L 27–38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. McNeese | W 34–7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Central Michigan | W 49–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | atMississippi State | W 28–25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs.Auburn | L 19–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 Georgia 3 games, 5 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 207 lb |
| Arm length | 31½″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 75⅞″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.51 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s |
| Vertical jump | 37½″ |
| Bench press | 12 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.44 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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