Amari Burney

OLB · Florida

HISTORY — from college profillle

2022 (sr): Started in all thirteen games season... Finished the season with 79 tackles, 9 TFLs, 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, 4 pass breakups, 4 quarterback hurries, and 2 interceptions… Recorded 8 tackles (3 solo) vs. Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 17)… Recorded 6 tackles (3 solo) including 1 TFL and a pass breakup at Florida State (Nov. 25)… Recorded 10 tackles (4 solo) including 1.5 TFL and a pass breakup at Vanderbilt (Nov. 19)… Recorded 4 tackles (1 solo) and 0.5 TFL vs. South Carolina (Nov. 12)… Recorded 1 fumble recovery and 1 quarterback hurry at Texas A&M (Nov. 5)… Recorded 7 tackles (4 solo) including a TFL, forced fumble, interception, two quarterback hurries, and 1 breakup vs. Georgia (Oct. 29)… Recorded 8 tackles (4 solo) vs. LSU (Oct. 15)… Recorded 8 tackles (2 solo) including 0.5 TFL vs. Missouri (Oct. 8)… Recorded 4 tackles (3 solo) including 1 sack vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2)… Recorded 8 tackles (7 solo) including 2 sacks 2.5 TFL, and 1 forced fumble at Tennessee (Sept. 24)… Recorded 5 tackles (3 solo) including 1 pass breakup vs. USF (Sept. 17)… Recorded 4 tackles (1 solo) including 1 sack and 1 TFL vs. Kentucky (Sept. 10)… Recorded 7 tackles (6 solo) and an interception vs. Utah (Sept. 3).

2021 (sr): Appeared in all 13 games this season, starting at linebacker against FSU (Nov. 27) and in the Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 23)… Totaled six tackles (five solo) with a pass breakup vs. the Knights... Collected seven tackles (six solo) and a pass breakup against Florida State… Registered four tackles (three solo), including a tackle for a loss of fours yards, against Missouri (Nov. 20)… Tallied three tackles (one solo) against Samford (Nov. 13)… Recorded one solo tackle against South Carolina (Nov. 6)… Credited with a pass break up against Georgia (Oct. 30)… Registered two solo tackles against LSU (Oct. 16)… Logged one tackle against Vanderbilt (Oct. 9)… Recorded four tackles (two solo), including a tackle for a loss of four yards, against Kentucky (Oct. 2)… Tallied five tackles (one solo) against Tennessee (Sept. 25)… Registered four tackles (one solo) against Alabama (Sept. 18)… Logged four tackles (two solo) against South Florida (Sept. 11)… Recorded a total of three tackles (two solo) and one QBH in Florida’s season opener against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 4)... Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (jr): Appeared in all 12 games and started in four (Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU and Oklahoma) at linebacker... Finished fourth in the team with a total of 52 tackles (29 solo), in addition to 2.0 sacks and 2.5 tackles-for-loss... Recorded five total tackles (three solo) at Ole Miss (Sept. 26), while collecting six tackles (two solo) and a pass breakup versus South Carolina (Oct. 3)... Recorded three defensive stops against Texas A&M (Oct. 10)... Tallied three tackles (two solo) versus Missouri (Oct. 31)... Collected two tackles (one solo) and his second-career interception against Georgia (Nov. 7)... Credited for two defensive stops versus Vanderbilt (Nov. 21) and Kentucky (Nov. 28), as well as Tennessee (Dec. 5) where he added a sack for an eight-yard loss... Tallied four tackles (one solo) versus LSU (Dec. 12)... Led the team in tackles in the postseason, recording a season-high 10 tackles (eight solo) during the SEC Championship game against Alabama (Dec. 19) and seven tackles (six solo) versus Oklahoma (Dec. 30)... Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (soph): Appeared in eight games at STAR and linebacker, making three starts… Finished seventh on the squad with 37 tackles… Credited with 0.5 tackles-for-loss… Notched a season-high and team-leading eight tackles in his first career start versus Towson (Sept. 28)… Recorded first career interception and fumble recovery against Tennessee (Sept. 21)… Added a team-high five tackles versus the Volunteers… Started at STAR against Virginia (Dec. 30) in the Capital One Orange Bowl and was credited with five tackles... 

2018 (fr): Appeared in 12 games as a reserve defensive back and a key member of Florida’s special teams units… Totaled 11 tackles, two tackles-for-loss, one sack, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry on the season… Registered his first-career tackle-for-loss against Charleston Southern (Sept. 1) in the season opener and his first-career sack in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against Michigan (Dec. 29)… Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
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High school: Played senior season at Calvary Christian High School (Clearwater, FL)... Played his freshman, sophomore and junior years at Clearwater Central Catholic... Played three seasons at both wide receiver and safety. Defensively, he recorded 182 total tackles, 10.0 tackles-for-loss, three interceptions, three forced fumbles, three fumbles recoveries, 23 pass deflections, two sacks, 22 quarterback hurries and three defensive touchdowns... Offensively, he compiled 992 receiving yards on 54 catches while scoring 12 touchdowns… Senior season: 18 total tackles, one defensive touchdown, one interception and a tackle-for-loss … On offense he caught 33 passes for 558 yards and five touchdowns… Also rushed the ball 10 times for 48 yards and a score… Sophomore season at Clearwater Central Catholic: Had 91 total tackles with 54 solo tackles while he intercepted two passes, forced 21 pass breakups, forced two fumbles, recovered five fumbles and scored five times on defense… Offensively, he caught 20 passes for 404 yards and seven touchdowns… Freshman season: Had 73 total tackles with 41 solo tackles. Also recorded five tackles-for-loss, two sacks, 19 quarterback hurries and one forced fumble… Played for coach Todd Yoder…

PERSONAL

Chose Florida over Florida State, Miami, Ohio State, Tennessee and Auburn… Uncle graduated from UF in 2004… Cousin Brandon Facyson, plays for the Los Angeles Chargers.

2022

fumbles
REC LOST FUM
1.0 0.0 0.0
defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
9.0 3.0 71.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 38.0
interceptions
TD AVG YDS INT
0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0

2021

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
2.0 0.0 44.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 25.0

2020

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
2.5 3.0 52.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 30.0
interceptions
TD AVG YDS INT
0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0

2019

fumbles
REC LOST FUM
1.0 0.0 0.0
defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
0.5 0.0 37.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 20.0
interceptions
TD AVG YDS INT
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

2018

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
2.0 1.0 12.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 7.0
puntReturns
AVG NO TD LONG YDS
28.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 28.0

Physical Attributes:

Proj Rd: 7-HPFA
Height: 6017
Weight: 230
Forty: 4.51
Arm: 31 3/4
Hand: 09 5/8
Wingspan: 77.0

Pro Day Results:

Cone: 7.0
Bench: --
Shuttle: 4.2
10: 1.62
20: 2.57
40: 4.51
BJ: 10'00"
VJ: 33.0

Combine Results:

Cone: --
Bench: --
Shuttle: --
10: --
20: --
40: --
BJ: --
VJ: --