Jermaine Burton

Former wide receiver at Alabama. 2023: 39 catches, 798 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Alabama · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 194 lb · Calabasas, CA

CFB Index 67 · #90 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceCincinnati — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 16, #80 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 82 nationally · Signed with Georgia

Statement game9 rec · 197 yds · 2 TDat Texas A&M (FBS) · W 26-20

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Remember that time Burton punched a woman last year and faced zero repercussions for it? Woof.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 18His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Alabama. 2023: 39 catches, 798 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2020.
Transferred from Georgia to Alabama in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Cincinnati in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 2,376 receiving yards — drafted at #80 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 197 yds at Texas A&M.Texas A&M · W 26-202023

20209 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Calabasas

202110 games

All-SEC

202213 games

Entered the portal
All-SEC

2024

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 3, pick 80

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#82 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #80

Cincinnati · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2020)

1 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

#80Rd 3 · Pick 16

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #90 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (100th percentile). Strength: epa / target (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#3 / 639 · 100th pct

22.4

EPA / target#30 / 639 · 95th pct

1.33

TD rate#38 / 639 · 94th pct

14.6%

Explosive rate#40 / 639 · 94th pct

27.1%

Catch rate#522 / 639 · 18th pct

70.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#12 / 566 · 98th pct

20.5

Rec TDs#33 / 566 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#73 / 566 · 87th pct

798

Long catch#109 / 566 · 80th pct

Receptions#188 / 566 · 66th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 94th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 18th percentile

TD rate

88th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 100th percentile

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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.6	58.2	23.1	0.6
Road4g	4.5	83.0	15.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	66.7	20.7	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	66.2	20.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per catch, top-3% TD rate.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #90 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #90 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Alabama	39	798	20.5	8	--
2022	Alabama	40	677	16.9	7	--
2021	Georgia	26	497	19.1	5	--
2020	Georgia	27	404	15.0	3	--
Career		132	2,376	18.0	23	--

Season	Team
2023	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Georgia	4	50	--	14	--
Career		4	50	--	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2023

W 27–24

vs Georgia

2 rec · 28 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Milroe — 192 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.4 · 29 rush yds (14 car) · J. Burnip — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +5.58Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 48 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 13 · Auburn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.52Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 68 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 2 · Texas · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +5.00Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 49 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 4 · Ole Miss · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.15Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 54 yds to the MISS 21 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.86Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 45 yds to the TA&M 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Arkansas · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 44 yds to the ARK 37 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 46 yds to the TA&M 20 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 15 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 21 yds to the TA&M 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Jalen Milroe pass complete to Jermaine Burton for 19 yds for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-7vs Middle Tennessee	3	62	20.7	1	48
Wk 2	L 24-34vs Texas	2	58	29.0	1	49
Wk 3	W 17-3@ South Florida	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 4	W 24-10vs Ole Miss	2	62	31.0	0	54
Wk 6	W 26-20@ Texas A&M	9	197	21.9	2	46	Season-high 197 yds
Wk 7	W 24-21vs Arkansas	2	60	30.0	0	44
Wk 8	W 34-20vs Tennessee	4	62	15.5	1	22
Wk 10	W 42-28vs LSU	3	29	9.7	0	12
Wk 12	W 66-10vs Chattanooga	3	105	35.0	1	56
Wk 13	W 27-24@ Auburn	4	107	26.8	1	68
Wk 14	W 27-24vs Georgia	2	28	14.0	1	15
Bowl	L 20-27@ Michigan	4	21	5.3	0	11
Total		39	798	20.5	8	68

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jermaine Burton

20209 games

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2023 snapshot

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Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

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