HEIGHT: 6'0"

WEIGHT: 196

HAND: 9⅞"

ARM: 31"

WINGSPAN: 74⅞"

40-YARD DASH: 4.45

3-CONE:

SHUTTLE:

VERTICAL: 38.5"

BROAD: 11'1"

POSITIVES

— Very good acceleration and speed. Can be a primary deep threat.

— Above-average route-runner. Quick feet; shows flashes of ability to manipulate DBs and toy with their vision.

— Elite hands and hand-eye coordination. Naturally adjusts to the ball with ease and extends to reach the ball away from his body.

— Active player late in the down. Looks for work effectively on scramble drills.

NEGATIVES

— Sometimes gets into his route breaks too upright, which saps him of explosiveness.

— Play strength is average at best.

— Below-average YAC and ability to force missed tackles

2023 STATISTICS

— 13 G, 39 REC, 798 YDS (20.5 AVG), 8 TD

NOTES

— Born June 28, 2001

— 4-star recruit in Georgia's 2020 class, per 247Sports

— Transferred from Georgia to Alabama in 2022

— 25 career starts

— Allegedly assaulted a female fan while walking off the field versus Tennessee in 2022

OVERALL

Jermaine Burton is a vertical specialist with the route-running chops to be more than a one-trick pony.

Right off the line of scrimmage, Burton kicks into high gear and puts defensive backs on their back foot immediately. Burton accelerates at a fast, easy pace and has plenty of top speed to separate down the field. Burton also does a great job of setting vertical routes up by manipulating DBs and getting them to open their hips early or bite on jab steps at the top of his stems.

There's more to Burton than just vertical ability, though. He's a reliable route-runner overall. While he does have a tendency to come into route breaks too high, Burton plays with impressive detail and rapid-fire footwork. He isn't smooth, per se, but he is snappy and consistently gets open to all areas of the field, even on routes breaking outside the numbers.

Burton plays with impressive ball-tracking and catching ability as well. Though he isn't a big time contested-catch player, Burton has a knack for adjusting to the ball outside of his frame and making acrobatic catches near the sideline.

Most of the concern with Burton comes down to his play strength and yards-after-the-catch ability in the underneath area.

Burton's ability to fight through contact at the line of scrimmage comes and goes. Although he does an awesome job finding the ball in the air, he sometimes just doesn't have the frame and strength to fight for the ball in traffic.

Burton's yards-after-the-catch ability is also limited to speed and flashes of quickness. That works for him in the open field, but he is not exceptional in that area. Burton doesn't have the size or power to fight through tackle attempts and gut out extra bits of yardage, which could limit how often teams target him in the short area.

In the NFL, Burton should be a field-stretching No. 2 receiver. The offense should not run through him, but his ability to win vertically, find the ball in the air and run a full route tree will make him a valuable piece for any offense.

GRADE: 6.8 (Potential Role Player/Contributor — 4th Round)

OVERALL RANK: 104

POSITION RANK: WR21

PRO COMPARISON: Doug Baldwin

Written by B/R NFL Scout Derrik Klassen

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