Josh Burnham
Indiana Hoosiers
85
Great

Josh Burnham

DEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Notre Dame
2nd String / Backup

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Josh Burnham is listed 2nd string at DE for Indiana Hoosiers.

Redshirt senior · #8 · 6'4", 260 lbs

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Traverse City Central, ranked #109 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 16 tackles, 6 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot and 87th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #109 NatlTeam Share3%Percentile87th
Traverse City, MI
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
260 lbs
Transfer
Notre Dame

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—1663

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9550
National Rank
#109
High School
Traverse City Central
Hometown
Traverse City, MI

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 87th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.99 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 87% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 12% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WMINNTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 23-16 OT

Oct 24WMICHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 13-6 OT

Oct 17LOSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 19-15

Oct 10WNEBTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-17

Oct 4WRUTGTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 47-15

Sep 26WNUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 29-23

Sep 12WHOWTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 5WUNTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-16

Josh Burnham's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

16 tkl · 6 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement43%
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