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Luther Burden III

Wide Receiver, Chicago Bears · #10.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 10
Born: Dec 12, 2003 (age 22)
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 210 lbs
College: Missouri
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	23	35	266	11.6	1	25	11	7	22	3.1	11	1	1
Last 5 Games	23	35	266	11.9	1	25	11	7	22	5.1	11	1	1
Career	70	95	918	13.1	3	65	38	13	59	4.5	15	1	1

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
Rushing	7 carries	-0.24	43%		fewer than 36 plays
Receiving	43 targets	+0.04	54%		72nd of 94

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	@ GB	L 31-7	4	6	47	11.8	0	23	2	4	2	0.5	0	7	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs NYJ	W 23-12	4	6	63	15.8	0	22	3	1	11	11.0	0	11	0	0
Mon, Sep 28	vs PHI	W 27-7	7	11	61	8.7	1	25	3	1	7	7.0	0	7	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs MIN	L 9-3	3	7	32	10.7	0	18	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CAR	W 59-37	5	5	63	12.6	0	24	2	1	2	2.0	0	2	1	1

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

About

Luther Burden III (born December 12, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver and kickoff returner for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers and was selected by the Bears in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Luther Burden III, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Burden was born on December 12, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri, later attending East St. Louis Senior High School. He played both basketball and football and was ranked by ESPN as the top offensive recruit in the class of 2022. 247Sports and Rivals.com ranked him within the top five nationally.

Burden received 41 total college scholarship offers, 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.

College career

Burden made his collegiate debut on September 1, 2022, catching three passes for 17 yards and had two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving. On September 17, he had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown against Abilene Christian. In the 2022 season, he had 45 receptions for 375 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns to go with two rushing touchdowns.

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. On December 2, 2024, Burden declared for the 2025 NFL draft.