Butler University Athletics

2024 Season (Junior): All-Pioneer Football League First Team selection… Phil Steele All-PFL First Team honoree... Led the team and ranked second in the PFL with 7.5 sacks… Recorded  27 total tackles this year with 9.5 of those coming behind the line of scrimmage… Had at least one sack in six PFL games… Posted multiple sacks in games against Drake and Davidson… Finished his season with three quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, and a blocked field goal… Played in all 12 games… Had a season-high five tackles and a sack at Valpo (11/9)… Recorded three tackles and a season-high two sacks at Drake (10/12)… First sack of the season came against Morehead State (10/5)… Recorded a sack in four-straight games from Oct. 26 to Nov. 16… Impacted the Davidson game with four tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble… Had a sack and blocked a kick vs. St. Thomas (11/16).

2023 Season (Sophomore): Played in 10 games, making two starts… Started in back-to-back weeks in games at Dayton and vs. Valpo… Ended the season with 17 tackles (6 solo)… Recorded a season-high four tackles vs. Davidson (10/14)… Forced a fumble vs. Wabash (9/16) and recovered a fumble at St. Thomas (10/7)… Had half a tackle for loss at St. Thomas and at Montana… Finished the Montana game with three tackles (9/2)… Had a tackle, an interception and a pass break-up vs. Valpo (10/28)… Credited with a QB hurry vs. Presbyterian (9/30).

2022 Season (Redshirt-Freshman): Played in five games… Ended the year with 10 total tackles… Recorded seven solo tackles and assisted on three stops… Made his season debut vs. Taylor (9/10)… Made two tackles vs. the Trojans… Had a breakout game at Davidson with a sack and a tackle for loss (10/1)… Ended the game with a season-high four tackles vs. the Wildcats… Made two tackles in his final appearance of the season vs. Morehead State (10/29).

2021 Season: Did not appear in any games.

High School: Helped Saint Xavier win a division championship with a 7-3 record... Earned three varsity letters... Made 37 career tackles... Made two tackles for loss... Credited with four sacks... Named Lineman of the Year for Saint Xavier... Participated on the Greater Louisville Football Coaches Association Senior All-Star Team... Member of the National Honor Society... Honor roll student... Also played lacrosse.

Personal: Son of Robert Burch and Cheryl Makk... Majoring in psychology.