Senior wide receiver for UCF. 2025: 13 catches, 181 receiving yards.
6′3″ · 197 lb · Jacksonville, FL
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
13 catches · 13.9 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 43 yds, vs Jacksonville State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for UCF. 2025: 13 catches, 181 receiving yards.
Marcus Burke
Moves the chains on third down. Marcus Burke has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 43 rec yds, 3 receptions against Jacksonville State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gus Malzahn → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 31.7 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 28.7 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 37.8 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 43 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 34-9vs North Carolina | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-34@ Kansas State | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 7 | L 11-20@ Cincinnati | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13vs West Virginia | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-48@ Texas Tech | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 13 | 181 | 14.4 | 0 | 30 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UCF
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · UCF
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UCF · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #66 · 2026 recruiting class #66
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lawrence Arnold’s 2024 season.
Matches Lawrence on
Differs from Lawrence on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Elijah Steward’s path through Lafayette.
Matches Elijah on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Loic Fouonji's graduate season at Vanderbilt (2024).
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Differs from Loic on
Player DNA