Brian Burns Jumps 22 Spots in NFL Top 100

Carolina's elite pass rusher is making moves.

The NFL is halfway through releasing the top 100 players in the league, as voted on by the players. Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Brian Burns was featured in the latest batch of players, checking in at No. 54 which is 22 spots higher than his 2022 preseason ranking.

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Burns is coming off a monster season in which he posted career highs in tackles (63), QB hits (22), tackles for loss (17), and sacks (12.5). This season, Burns will be making the transition to outside linebacker in Ejiro Evero's 3-4 scheme.

"To me, it's really not that much of a change because I'm kind of used to dropping," Burns said back in the spring. "In [Phil] Snow's system I dropped a lot, my rookie year I dropped a lot. So it's not really too much different for me. Just being an outside linebacker you see a lot more and I feel like I'm able to use my IQ more than with my hand in the dirt because I can see formations, I can see backfield sets and what I'm getting. I feel like it's an advantage in a sense."

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