Vontaze Burfict Career Highlights
Vontaze Burfict – #7 – Linebacker – 6’3 – 250 – All-American
2011: Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts…tied for second on the team in tackles with 69, including 40 solo…added seven tackles-for-loss, including five sacks…collected his first career interception in a win over then-No. 23 USC on Sept. 24…also had a fumble recovery and three pass breakups on the season…recorded three sacks for a loss of 20 yards in the season opener vs. UC Davis on Sept. 1…had five solo tackles, including a 14-yard sack, and a pass breakup in a win over then-No. 19 Missouri on Sept. 9…tied his season-high with nine tackles, including four solo, at Illinois Sept. 17…made a team-leading nine tackles vs. Colorado Oct. 29…recorded six tackles, including five solo and a six-yard sack, at UCLA Nov. 5…collected seven tackles, including five solo, vs. Arizona Nov. 19…had five solo tackles and a fumble recovery at Washington State Nov. 12…had a pair of pass breakups vs. Oregon State on Oct. 1…had seven tackles at then-No. 9 Oregon on Oct. 15…made five tackles at Utah Oct. 8…totaled five tackles, including four solo, vs. Cal on Nov. 25…Butkus Award Semi-Finalist…named to a number of award watch lists, including Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski, Rotary Lombardi and Walter Camp…member of numerous preseason first-team All-American teams, including Phil Steele, Lindy’s, Athlon and The Sporting News.
2010: Followed up Freshman year with an equally impressive Sophmore season..selected as The Sporting News Pac-10s Defensive MVP…named to Phil Steele’s Midseason All-Pac-10 team…Second-Team All-Pac-10 on defense by Scout.com…appeared in every game, starting all but one…led strong ASU defense with 90 tackles, including 54 solos…added 8.5 tackles for loss for minus 18 yards…lead team in tackles for four straight games starting Sept. 11 vs Northern Arizona…one third of tackles were vs top 15 opponents…finshed with 10 or more tackles five times throughout season…tied team with most forced fumbles (two) and third most pass break-ups (three)…tied a career high 11 tackles (six solo) vs NAU…five tackles on Halloween eve shutout victory of Washington State…key component in 30-29 Territorial Cup victory with three of his seven tackles coming in overtime period…earned his first Hard Hat player recognition for his work in ASU’s offseason strength and conditioning program.
2009: Finished his freshman season second on the team in total tackles with 69 (40 solo)…added seven tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles…led the team with two fumble recoveries and was tops among all linebackers with five pass breakups…appeared in all 12 games of the season and started the final nine…had his first career start Oct. 3 against Oregon State…led the team in tackles in five games…had five tackles (two solo), a sack, a fumble recovery, and one and a half tackles for loss in his first collegiate game vs. Idaho State Sept. 5…collected a season-high 11 tackles (three solo) and one and half tackles for loss at Georgia Sept. 26…led the team with eight tackles (six solo), one tackle for loss and a forced fumble Nov. 14 against Oregon…recorded seven tackles (five solo) and fumble recovery vs. California Oct. 31.
