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Linebacker, Vanderbilt, 2013–17
Oren Burks
Lettered 2014–17 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Hometown
- Fairfax Station, VA
- Born
- Mar 21, 1995, in Alexandria, Virginia
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Oren Burks played linebacker at Vanderbilt (2013–17). The Green Bay Packers took Burks in round 3, No. 88 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highat Florida, 20172interceptions, career highvs. Kentucky, 2015Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 59 | 40 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 82 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 141 | 85 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
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.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 of 12 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Vanderbilt | 20 | LB | ||
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | 20 | LB | ||
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | 20 | LB | ||
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 20 | LB | ||
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 20 | LB | 6′3″ | 230 |
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
2017 Vanderbilt 12 games, 82 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Middle Tennessee | W 28–6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Alabama A&M | W 42–0 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Kansas State | W 14–7 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Alabama | L 0–59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Florida | L 24–38 | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Georgia | L 14–45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Ole Miss | L 35–57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | at South Carolina | L 27–34 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 31–17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Kentucky | L 21–44 | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Missouri | L 17–45 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Tennessee | W 42–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Vanderbilt 13 games, 59 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs.South Carolina | L 10–13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Middle Tennessee | W 47–24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 7–38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atWestern Kentucky | W 31–30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Florida | L 6–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atKentucky | L 13–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atGeorgia | W 17–16 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Tennessee State | W 35–17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Auburn | L 16–23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atMissouri | L 17–26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Ole Miss | W 38–17 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Tennessee | W 45–34 | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. NC State | L 17–41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Vanderbilt 2 games, 3 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Named to the 2018 Senior Bowl (South team) but didn’t play.
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅛″ |
| Weight | 233 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 79½″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW |
| Vertical jump | 39½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′11″ |
| Bench press | 18 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.82 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.15 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 100 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Green Bay Packers | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 32 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 36 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 100 | 260 | 2 | 1 | |
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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