Jermaine Burton

#3 · WR · Sr. · Alabama6′0″ · 194 lb · Calabasas, CA

Jermaine Burton: WR · Alabama · #3.

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Jermaine Burton

WR · Alabama · Sr · #3

Beats you over the top. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Kirby Smart and Nick Saban. All-SEC in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 197 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Texas A&M — Week 6, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Alabama in the news

Alabama dismisses Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.Yahoo Sports Oct 28
LSU's Kiffin calls out SECHeavy Oct 28
Alabama DB suspended for gameSaturday Down South Oct 24
Coleman-Williams out vs TennesseeThe Tuscaloosa News Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Alabama	39	798	20.5	8	68
2022	Alabama	40	677	16.9	7	52
2021	Georgia	26	497	19.1	5	73
2020	Georgia	27	404	15.0	3	49
Career		132	2,376	18.0	23	73

Season	Team
2023	Alabama	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	--
2021	Georgia	--	--	--
2020	Georgia	4	50	14
Career		4	50	14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-7vs Middle Tennessee	3	62	20.7	1	48
Wk 2	L 24-34vs No. 11 Texas	2	58	29.0	1	49
Wk 3	W 17-3@ South Florida	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 4	W 24-10vs No. 15 Ole Miss	2	62	31.0	0	54
Wk 6	W 26-20@ Texas A&M	9	197	21.9	2	46	Season-high 197 yds
Wk 7	W 24-21vs Arkansas	2	60	30.0	0	44
Wk 8	W 34-20vs No. 17 Tennessee	4	62	15.5	1	22
Wk 10	W 42-28vs No. 13 LSU	3	29	9.7	0	12
Wk 12	W 66-10vs Chattanooga	3	105	35.0	1	56
Wk 13	W 27-24@ Auburn	4	107	26.8	1	68
Wk 14	W 27-24vs No. 1 Georgia	2	28	14.0	1	15
Bowl	L 20-27vs No. 1 Michigan	4	21	5.3	0	11
Total		39	798	20.5	8	68

Signature game

Week 6 · 2023

W 26-20

at Texas A&M

9 rec · 197 yds · 2 TD

A close one, won by 6 on the road.

With J. Milroe — 321 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.0 · W. Reichard — 41.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +5.58Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 48 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 13 · Auburn · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.52Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 68 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 2 · Texas · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +5.00Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 49 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 4 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.15Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 54 yds to the MISS 21 for a
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.86Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 45 yds to the TA&M 25 for a
Week 7 · Arkansas · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 44 yds to the ARK 37 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 46 yds to the TA&M 20 for a
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 15 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 21 yds to the TA&M 47 for a
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 19 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)

Teams and coaches

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#90 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

67Quality starter #90 of 497 · 2023?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (100th percentile). Strength: epa / target (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#3 / 639 · 100th pct

22.4

EPA / target#30 / 639 · 95th pct

1.33

TD rate#38 / 639 · 94th pct

14.6%

Explosive rate#40 / 639 · 94th pct

27.1%

Catch rate#522 / 639 · 18th pct

70.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#12 / 566 · 98th pct

20.5

Rec TDs#33 / 566 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#73 / 566 · 87th pct

798

Long catch#109 / 566 · 80th pct

Receptions#188 / 566 · 66th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 94th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 18th percentile

TD rate

88th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 100th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	62.6	24.4	0.6
Road3g	4.7	104	18.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	66.7	20.7	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	66.2	20.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Nick Saban

Pass share

37.3%

325 pass / 546 run

Plays / game

62.2

14 games

Team sack rate

13.0%

378 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

39 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per catch, top-3% TD rate.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #90 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #90 at the position.

Jermaine Burton

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Style of play

Fans

Alabama in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

39 catches in 12 games

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2020 9 games

2021 10 games

2022 13 games

2024