Brian Burns stats

Giants

Linebacker · #0

Age 28 · 6' 5" · 250 lbs

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Brian Burns recorded 4 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 3 games of 2026 for the New York Giants. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
3
TOT
4
SOLO
4
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019CAR16251967.5001
2020CAR155835239.0043
2021CAR175031199.0042
2022CAR1663342912.5031
2023CAR165032188.0021
2024NYG177142298.5082
2025NYG1767392816.5073
2026NYG34400.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
117
TOT
388
SOLO
236
AST
152
SACK
71.0
INT
0
PD
28
FF
13

Per game

GP
3
TOT
1.3
SOLO
1.3
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019CAR161.61.20.40.500.00.1
2020CAR153.92.31.50.600.30.2
2021CAR172.91.81.10.500.20.1
2022CAR163.92.11.80.800.20.1
2023CAR163.12.01.10.500.10.1
2024NYG174.22.51.70.500.50.1
2025NYG173.92.31.61.000.40.2
2026NYG31.31.300.000.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
117
TOT
3.3
SOLO
2.0
AST
1.3
SACK
0.6
INT
0
PD
0.2
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
28 yearsApr 23, 1998
Height
6' 5"
Weight
250 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Draft
2019Rd 1, Pk 16
College
Florida State
Salary
$25.6 million2026

Latest performance

Brian Burns

Sep 27 · vs TEN · W 12-7

TOT
0
SOLO
0
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

65% of his club's defensive snaps a game (116 in 3 games); 42% in week 3.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1DAL4984%3
2LAR4268%5
3TEN2542%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Brian Burns has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Ankle

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2019 NFL combine

EDGE, 6'5", 249 lb · Florida State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.53s98th
Vertical jump36"88th
Broad jump10' 9"98th
3-cone drill7.01s93rd

Percentile: the share of EDGEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2019 combine

Games

All games

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at PHISun, Nov 08

vs PHI since 2021

5
GP
22
TOT
11
SOLO
4.5
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Sep 27vsTENW 12-70000
Mon, Sep 21atLARL 28-62200
Sun, Sep 13vsDALW 28-202200
Sun, Jan 04vsDALW 34-172100
Sun, Dec 28atLVW 34-10411.50
Sun, Dec 21vsMINL 16-134220

What are Brian Burns's career stats?

Brian Burns has played 8 seasons for the Panthers and the Giants. He has recorded 388 tackles and 71 sacks. His best season so far is 2024: 71 tackles and 8.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 9 @ CAR on Nov 10, 2024, L 20-17 OT
  • Sacks: 2 @ GB on Dec 19, 2020, L 24-16
Brian Burns's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20262—
202572.0
202491.0
202382.0
202282.0
202161.5
202062.0
201941.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 2019 to 2026

Brian Burns finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 122nd in sacks (71.0)

Among the 9,825 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Brian Burns college stats

Brian Burns played 3 seasons at Florida State Seminoles (2016 to 2018): 123 tackles, 23 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Brian Burns's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016Florida State Seminoles2314908.51000
2017Florida State Seminoles47252244.53000
2018Florida State Seminoles5331223103000

returning

Brian Burns's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2017Florida State Seminoles000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Brian Burns's college game log.

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