Missouri Tigers wide receiver Luther Burden III, right, after an SEC football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Missouri Tigers on Faurot Field at
Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
Luther Burden III proves that an elite college football recruit can bask in the national limelight while playing at Missouri.
The stage in Boone County is big enough. Coach Eli Drinkwitz can make a compelling pitch to future recruits as he continues building his program.
When ESPN ranked the Top 100 players in college football, Burden stood tall at No. 5.
Here is how the Worldwide Leader in Sports assessed him:
After a dynamic freshman season, the 5-11, 208-pound Burden was named a second-team All-American by the AP a year ago. He finished second in the SEC
and ninth nationally with 1,212 receiving yards. Burden reached the 100-yard receiving mark six times in the regular
season. He’s electric in the open field and ranked third nationally with 725 yards after
