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Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Deion Burks
It took an extremely long time — No. 254 overall — but Burks is finally off the board. He’ll certainly be an outlier from a measureables standpoint, ranking inside single-digit percentiles in height and weight for the receiver position (5′ 9 3/4″ and 180 pounds). Still, his athletic testing was off the charts: 1.49 10-yard split (94th percentile), 4.3 40-yard dash (97th percentile), 42.5″ vertical (98th percentile), and 26 reps on the bench press (98th percentile). There has to be some reason the public isn’t aware of as to why he dropped so far, but he could have a legitimate chance to see snaps as an outside receiver. The Colts didn’t draft any other receivers, and one of their starting outside receivers is Nick Westbrook-Ikhine. He’s worth a late-third or fourth-round pick in dynasty leagues.
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DBro’s NFL Draft Scouting Report & Player Comp: Deion Burks
Scouting report:
- In 2025, Burks ran 77.9% of his routes from the perimeter, but I think he’ll transition back to the slot in the NFL. In 2024, he ran 85.5% of his routes from the slot.
- Burks is more quick than fast. He had a steady diet of screen, drags, and underneath routes in college with bunch formations to create free releases for him at the line.
- Burks makes things happen in the open field with a quick accelerator and shiftiness. He has enough raw speed to be utilized vertically in a passing offense. Burks showed off a crisp double move occasionally when aligned on the perimeter in 2025.
- Burks has a small catch radius and isn’t a ball winner at the catch point. He can have issues with physical corners during routes and at the catch point, with a 36.8% contested catch rate in college. He started college with drop issues, but improved his hands over time, with only 4.9% and 3.1% drop rates in his final two seasons.
Player Comp: Steven Sims
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