Deion Burks

Former wide receiver at Oklahoma. 2025: 57 catches, 620 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Oklahoma · Sr. · #4

5′9″ · 188 lb · Belleville, MI

CFB Index 60 · #129 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceDrafted by Indianapolis — Rd 7, Pick 38, #254 overall

The numbers

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rushing yards · 2025

-0.5 per carry · 57 catches

Backed by 9 rec · 53 yds -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Oklahoma from 18% to 51% to win.Alabama at Oklahoma · 34-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Oklahoma. 2025: 57 catches, 620 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2021.
Transferred from Purdue to Oklahoma in 2024.
Drafted round 7 by the Indianapolis in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Catch rate: 51st percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma, 1,669 receiving yards — drafted at #254 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Belleville

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tensecond

20245 games

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal
All-SEC

2026

Drafted by Indianapolisround 7, pick 254

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#809 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #254

Indianapolis · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

2022–2025

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Stoops → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season

#254Rd 7 · Pick 38

Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #129 of 485?

High confidenceBounce-Back12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#388 / 798 · 51st pct

68.3%

TD rate#399 / 798 · 50th pct

2.4%

Explosive rate#407 / 798 · 49th pct

9.8%

Yards / catch#500 / 798 · 37th pct

10.5

EPA / target#506 / 798 · 37th pct

0.33

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#78 / 558 · 85th pct

Rec yards#141 / 558 · 75th pct

620

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Long catch#300 / 558 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#417 / 558 · 25th pct

10.9

Rush yards#256 / 287 · 10th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

21st → 37th percentile

Explosive rate

5th → 49th percentile

Catch rate

32nd → 51st percentile

TD rate

69th → 50th percentile

Yards / catch

12th → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

12%10 of his 82 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.9	54.6	9.5	0.5
Road5g	3.6	36.6	10.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	63.7	11.3	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	29.0	8.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #129 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma	57	620	10.9	4	--
2024	Oklahoma	31	245	7.9	3	--
2023	Purdue	47	629	13.4	7	--
2022	Purdue	15	149	9.9	0	--
2021	Purdue	1	26	26.0	0	--
Career		151	1,669	11.1	14	--

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma	6	-3	--	--	--
2024	Oklahoma	5	32	--	--	--
2023	Purdue	4	12	--	--	--
2022	Purdue	1	4	278	--	--
2021	Purdue	2	3	--	--	--
Career		18	48	278	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 33–27

at Tennessee

6 rec · 45 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Mateer — 159 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.3 · 80 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · G. Miller — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · LSU · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.47No Huddle #10 J.Mateer pass complete short right to #4 D.Burks caught at LSU47, for 45 yards to the LSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:47, 1ST DOWN #29 T.Sandell kick attempt good (H: #87 J.Ulrich, LS: #49 B.Anderson)
Week 1 · Illinois State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 27 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05(14:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete short middle to #4 D.Burks caught at UA18, for 37 yards to the UA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:45, 1ST DOWN #29 T.Sandell kick attempt good (H: #87 J.Ulrich, LS: #49 B.Anderson)
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.00(14:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete short right to #4 D.Burks caught at UA45, for 15 yards to the UA46, out of bounds at UA46, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD
Week 2 · Michigan · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 9 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell KICK)
Week 2 · Michigan · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.50John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 21 yds to the MICH 21 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.38(13:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete short right to #4 D.Burks caught at OU42, for 14 yards to the OU43, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Michigan · 1&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.07John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 34 yds to the OU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.99John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 10 yds to the OU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Carolina · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.93John Mateer pass complete to Deion Burks for 11 yds to the OU 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-3vs Illinois State	7	88	12.6	1	28	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 2	W 24-13vs Michigan	7	101	14.4	1	34
Wk 3	W 42-3@ Temple	3	36	12.0	0	20
Wk 4	W 24-17vs Auburn	6	40	6.7	0	12
Wk 6	W 44-0vs Kent State	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 7	L 6-23@ Texas	5	64	12.8	0	21
Wk 8	W 26-7@ South Carolina	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 9	L 26-34vs Ole Miss	4	32	8.0	0	15
Wk 10	W 33-27@ Tennessee	6	45	7.5	0	12
Wk 12	W 23-21@ Alabama	2	19	9.5	0	18
Wk 13	W 17-6vs Missouri	2	-2	-1.0	0	1
Wk 14	W 17-13vs LSU	4	61	15.3	1	45
Bowl	L 24-34vs Alabama	7	107	15.3	1	37
Total		57	620	9.8	4	45

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

Deion Burks

2021

202312 games

20245 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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