#16

Treylon Burks

Former wide receiver at Arkansas. 2021: 66 catches, 1,104 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Arkansas · Jr. · #16

6′3″ · 225 lb · Warren, AR

CFB Index 86 · #20 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTennessee — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 18, #18 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 104 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

Statement game10 rec · 206 yds · 1 TDat Missouri (FBS) · L 48-50

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Burks is gonna be a dog in the NFL.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 17His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Arkansas. 2021: 66 catches, 1,104 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Tennessee in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas, 2,399 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #18 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 206 yds at Missouri.Missouri · L 48-502020

201911 games

Signed with Arkansas4-star out of Warren

20209 games

All-SECsecond

202112 games

All-SECfirst

2022

Drafted by Tennesseeround 1, pick 18

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#104 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #18

Tennessee · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2021)

Featured in The Canon

#95

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019

Chad Morris

Arkansas

2020–2021

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sam Pittman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

#18Rd 1 · Pick 18

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

2020Arkansas3-7HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2021Arkansas9-4HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

86All-Conference level #20 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Strength: td rate (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#48 / 655 · 93rd pct

24.1%

TD rate#67 / 655 · 90th pct

13.3%

Yards / catch#73 / 655 · 89th pct

16.9

EPA / target#75 / 655 · 89th pct

1.03

Catch rate#212 / 655 · 68th pct

80.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#7 / 557 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#14 / 557 · 97th pct

Rec yards#26 / 557 · 95th pct

1104

Rush yards#15 / 273 · 95th pct

112

Receptions#47 / 557 · 91st pct

Rush TDs#10 / 273 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#88 / 557 · 84th pct

16.7

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.5	95.4	18.9	1.0
Road4g	5.5	85.2	12.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.4	89.7	17.2	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	95.2	15.9	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #20 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Arkansas	66	1,104	16.7	11	--
2020	Arkansas	51	820	16.1	7	--
2019	Arkansas	29	475	16.4	0	--
Career		146	2,399	16.4	18	--

Season	Team
2021	Arkansas	14	112	--	--	--
2020	Arkansas	15	75	--	4	--
2019	Arkansas	9	35	226	130	--
Career		38	222	226	134	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 20–10

vs Texas A&M

14 rush yds (1 car)

With K. Jefferson — 212 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · R. Bauer — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Texas A&M · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA +6.98KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 85 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.82KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 91 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 12 · Alabama · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +6.10KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 66 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +5.26KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 39 yds for a TD (Cam Little KICK)
Week 13 · Missouri · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 52 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Treylon Burks run for 49 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 12 · Alabama · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.40KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 27 yds to the Alab 33 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.37KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 18 yds for a TD (Cam Little KICK)
Week 10 · Mississippi State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.35KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 25 yds to the MisSt 30 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Auburn · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.20KJ Jefferson pass complete to Treylon Burks for 30 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-17vs Rice	5	42	8.4	0	17
Wk 2	W 40-21vs Texas	5	37	7.4	0	20
Wk 3	W 45-10vs Georgia Southern	3	127	42.3	1	91
Wk 4	W 20-10vs Texas A&M	6	167	27.8	1	85	167-yard receiving day
Wk 5	L 0-37@ Georgia	3	10	3.3	0	5
Wk 6	L 51-52@ Ole Miss	7	136	19.4	1	37	136-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 23-38vs Auburn	9	109	12.1	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 45-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4	89	22.3	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 31-28vs Mississippi State	5	63	12.6	1	25
Wk 11	W 16-13@ LSU	4	16	4.0	0	11
Wk 12	L 35-42@ Alabama	8	179	22.4	2	66	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 13	W 34-17vs Missouri	7	129	18.4	1	52
Total		66	1104	16.7	11	91