2026 Football Spring Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 41
Kaleb Burns
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Cy Falls HS
2025 (Freshman): Made collegiate debut with reserve action in all 12 games, totaling 18 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, with an interception and two QB hurries … Picked off a pass vs. Samford in his third collegiate game … Made first career tackles with three stops, including a TFL and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State … Had four tackles at TCU and at No. 21/21 Cincinnati … Had three tackles, and half a TFL in the win over UCF … Had a stop at Arizona … Had a QB hurry and made three tackles vs. Houston.
High School: Star linebacker out of Cy Falls High School for Coach Chris Brister … Four-star prospect by On3, checking in as the fifth-best linebacker in the nation, the 86th best prospect overall in the nation and the 18th best in Texas … A two-time District Defensive MVP … Rated as a three-star and the 33rd best linebacker nationally by 247sports … ESPN and Rivals both ranked as a three-star prospect … The No. 19 linebacker nationally by Rivals … Senior season in 2024, saw 87 tackles, 18 for a loss, with eight sacks, seven pass break-ups, four fumbles recovered, one fumble forced and two interceptions … As a junior, had 73 tackles, 18.5 for a loss, with six sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception … As a sophomore, totaled 15 tackles in seven games … Also ran track and field, competing in the 100 and 200 meters and the shot put.
Personal: Son of Joseph Burns and April Crist.
High School: Star linebacker out of Cy Falls High School for Coach Chris Brister … Four-star prospect by On3, checking in as the fifth-best linebacker in the nation, the 86th best prospect overall in the nation and the 18th best in Texas … A two-time District Defensive MVP … Rated as a three-star and the 33rd best linebacker nationally by 247sports … ESPN and Rivals both ranked as a three-star prospect … The No. 19 linebacker nationally by Rivals … Senior season in 2024, saw 87 tackles, 18 for a loss, with eight sacks, seven pass break-ups, four fumbles recovered, one fumble forced and two interceptions … As a junior, had 73 tackles, 18.5 for a loss, with six sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception … As a sophomore, totaled 15 tackles in seven games … Also ran track and field, competing in the 100 and 200 meters and the shot put.
Personal: Son of Joseph Burns and April Crist.
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