Luther Burden III
| Missouri Tigers – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 12, 2003 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | East St. Louis (IL) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Luther Burden III (born December 12, 2003) is an American football wide receiver for the Missouri Tigers.
Early life
[edit]Burden was born on December 12, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri, later attending East St. Louis Senior High School.[1][2] He played both basketball and football and was ranked by ESPN as the top offensive recruit in the class of 2022.[3][4] 247Sports and Rivals.com ranked him within the top five nationally.[5][6]
Burden received 41 total college scholarship offers,[6] eventually narrowing his final options to Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri. In October 2021, he committed to Missouri. He was only the fourth consensus five-star recruit signed by Missouri in the past 20 years, after Dorial Green-Beckham, Terry Beckner Jr. and Blaine Gabbert.[7]
College career
[edit]Burden made his collegiate debut on September 1, 2022, catching three passes for 17 yards and had two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving.[8] On September 17, he had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown against Abilene Christian.[9] In the 2022 season, he had 45 receptions for 375 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns to go with two rushing touchdowns.[10]
In the 2023 season, Burden led the team with 83 receptions for 1,197 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns prior to the bowl game. He had five consecutive games during the season going over 100 receiving yards.[11][12]
On December 2, 2024, Burden announced that he would be declaring for the 2025 NFL draft.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Luther 3. "Football Meets Fashion". Luther 3. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hochman, Benjamin (December 29, 2023). "Hochman: 'It just saved my life.' How Mizzou's Luther Burden III emerged at a STL Boys and Girls Club". STLtoday.com. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Kvidahl, David (May 9, 2021). "What a Catch: Receiver dominated for Lions in fall, Flyers in spring". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2022 ESPN 300". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "Luther Burden". 247Sports. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Luther Burden". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ Kvidahl, David (October 20, 2021). "Burden Picks Mizzou: Five-star WR ready to 'turn Mizzou around'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech at Missouri Box Score, September 1, 2022". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "Abilene Christian at Missouri Box Score, September 17, 2022". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "Luther Burden III 2022 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Missouri Tigers Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "Luther Burden III 2023 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ Simmons, Myles (December 2, 2024). "Top WR prospect Luther Burden III declares for 2025 NFL Draft". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 14, 2024.