Deante Burton

Wide receiver for Kansas State. 2016: 29 catches, 404 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Kansas State · #6

6′2″ · Manhattan, KS

Kansas State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1652 nationally · Signed with Kansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Kansas State. 2016: 29 catches, 404 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kansas State, 1,085 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds vs West Virginia.West Virginia · W 24-232015

2012

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Manhattan

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1652 national

CFB

College

Kansas State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

Played his entire career under Bill Snyder.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bill Snyder — 24-15 over that span.

2014Kansas State9-4HC: Bill Snyder · Balanced

2015Kansas State6-7HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2016Kansas State9-4HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#207 / 524 · 60th pct

13.9

Rec yards#268 / 524 · 49th pct

404

Receptions#277 / 524 · 46th pct

Long catch#384 / 524 · 26th pct

Rec TDs#356 / 524 · 22nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	26.8	13.9	0.0
Road5g	3.6	54.0	18.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	28.1	16.2	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	4.3	69.0	16.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Kansas State	29	404	13.9	1	--
2015	Kansas State	38	510	13.4	4	--
2014	Kansas State	17	171	10.1	0	--
Career		84	1,085	12.9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2016

W 33–28

vs Texas A&M

3 rec · 25 yds

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Ertz — 195 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.1 · 67 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD · N. Walsh — 42 AVG · 49 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-26@ Stanford	4	44	11.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 63-7vs Florida Atlantic	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 4	W 35-0vs Missouri State	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 5	L 16-17@ West Virginia	1	37	37.0	0	37
Wk 6	W 44-38vs Texas Tech	2	16	8.0	0	12
Wk 7	L 17-38@ Oklahoma	4	35	8.8	0	11
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Texas	4	53	13.3	0	31
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Iowa State	5	72	14.4	1	22
Wk 12	W 42-21@ Baylor	4	82	20.5	0	37	Season-high 82 yds
Bowl	W 33-28vs Texas A&M	3	25	8.3	0	11
Total		29	404	16.1	1	37

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology