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Deion Burks

Wide Receiver, Indianapolis Colts · #80.

Player facts

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 80
Born: Jan 8, 2003 (age 23)
Birthplace: Inkster, MI, USA
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 180 lbs
College: Oklahoma
Experience: Rookie
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	LNG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Regular Season	1	4	6	6.0	6	2	14	7.0	10
Last 5 Games	1	4	6	3.0	6	2	14	7.0	10
Career	1	4	6	6.0	6	2	14	7.0	10

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	6 targets	+0.12	33%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	@ PIT	L 34-22	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs WSH	W 30-13	1	2	6	6.0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs HOU	W 19-17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ KC	L 33-30 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	2	14	7.0	0	10	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs BAL	L 41-23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Deion Burks (born January 8, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and Oklahoma Sooners and was selected by the Colts in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Deion Burks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Burks attended Belleville High School in Belleville, Michigan. He committed to Purdue University to play college football.

College career

After appearing in four games his first year at Purdue in 2021 with no catches, Burks played in all 14 games in 2022 and had 15 receptions for 149 yards. In 2023, he was Purdue's leading receiver with 47 receptions for 629 yards and seven touchdowns. After the 2023 NCAA football season, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma.

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