Kamari Burns
Kansas State Wildcats
83
Good

Kamari Burns

NTDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Cincinnati
Projected Starter

Is Kamari Burns starting?

Kamari Burns is the projected starter at NT for Kansas State Wildcats.

Kamari Burns is the projected starting NT on a Contender Kansas State — 83 OVR.

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Depth at NT · Kansas State Wildcats

  1. 11583Kamari BurnsStarter
  2. 28863Eli Jackson

What's Next

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Gahanna Lincoln, ranked #650 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #650 NatlTeam Share2%
Columbus, OH
Jersey
#15
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
302 lbs
Transfer
Cincinnati

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
110.50.5

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8781
National Rank
#650
High School
Gahanna Lincoln
Hometown
Columbus, OH

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 53th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 53% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 22% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 for role

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

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

Final W 34-7

Sep 5WNICHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 71-3

Kamari Burns's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Good
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Team Role

11 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.