Deion Burks

● Built like a track runner, with a compact frame and shredded muscle ● Outstanding speed in his routes and with the ball in his hands ● Quick off the line and knows how to attack leverage on his man ● Crisp footwork at the top of routes and sudden on double moves (hitch-and-go, sluggo, etc.) ● Dangerous on jet sweeps, because of his speed and make-you-miss ability ● Above-average hand-eye coordination — with a low drop rate — at Oklahoma ● Doesn’t appear fazed when defenders crowd catch points ● Didn’t play on special teams the past three years, but averaged 19.9 yards as a kickoff returner in 2022 ● Wasn’t named a team captain but was the “glue” of the OU receiver room (NFL scout: “Reserved kid, but team-first and loves ball.”) ● Experienced across the formation (outside receiver in 2025 after lining up in the slot in 2024)

● Shorter than ideal and can get hung up against touchy corners ● Expected to see more forced missed tackles, given his athleticism and balance at contact ● More broken tackles in 2023 at Purdue (17) than his two years at Oklahoma combined (14) ● Will need to show more variety in his route tree ● Has occasional bad habits at the catch point (claps the ball or relies on wrists/forearms to finish) ● Wish there were more downfield targets on his film (only two catches on 15 targets of 20-plus yards at Oklahoma) ● Just seven touchdowns in two years at Oklahoma (all came at home; only two were against SEC opponents) ● Missed most of his junior season — soft tissue injury (Sept. 2024), which sidelined him for five games; diagnosed with a concussion (Nov. 2024), which kept him out of the final two games 110 Back to table of contents -- 114 of 629 --

A two-year starter at Oklahoma and a three-year starter overall, Burks was the Z receiver (exclusively on the right of the formation) in offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle’s RPO-based spread scheme. After a breakout 2023 season at Purdue, he took his explosiveness to Norman and flashed promise, although the results lacked consistency. Despite tame college production, the talent suggests there is more to Burks (see his performance in the 2025 College Football Playoff versus Alabama). Burks threatens the defense, vertically and horizontally, with field-stretching speed. He uses sudden footwork both at the line and in and out of breaks to leave defenders off-balance, and he looks natural catching the football. Though he has the juice and contact balance to be a big-play creator, he wasn’t used as a downfield threat — he ranked 152nd in the FBS last season with just nine catches of 20-plus yards. Overall, Burks has size limitations but dynamic athleticism (with or without the ball) and the tracking skills to snatch and secure. He has the floor of a gadget role player for an NFL offense, with the playmaking ceiling to be more.