Eligibility Remaining: 2023, 2024, 2025

2022 (Freshman): Saw action in all 13 games this season, making 10 starts … finished the season with 45 catches, 375 yards and five touchdowns through the air, 88 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and a punt-return touchdown … his eight offensive scores (6 receiving, 2 rushing) were the most among true freshmen in the NCAA FBS while his nine total TDs (6 receiving, 2 rushing, 1 punt return) were second among true freshmen in the SEC behind Ole Miss RB Quinshon Judkins (17) … first freshman nationwide to record two receiving TD’s, two rushing TD’s and a punt-return TD in the same season since 2008 … made an immediate impact in his first collegiate game, recording six touches, three rushing for 26 yards and a touchdown, three receiving for 17 yards and a touchdown in the win over LA Tech (9/1) … scored a touchdown on his first-ever collegiate punt return against Abilene Christian (9/17), becoming just the 7th player in program history to record a rushing TD, receiving TD, and punt return TD in the same season; also became the first player in program history with 100 punt return yards and 50 receiving yards in the same game thanks to his 111 punt return yards and 58 receiving yards performance against ACU … earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors against Vanderbilt after recording 76 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns (10/22) … his 76 all-purpose yards led the team against Kentucky (11/5) … had 29 all-purpose yards and a score on the ground at Tennessee (11/12) … had two receiving touchdowns against New Mexico State (11/19), the third multi-touchdown game of his young career … added a receiving touchdown against Arkansas (11/26) … had seven receptions and 46 yards in the bowl game against Wake Forest (12/23).

High School: Third consensus five-star prospect to sign with Mizzou … MaxPreps Player of the Year … Rivals Illinois High School Player of the Year … ESPN ranked him as No. 8 in the 2022 class, and the top ranked receiver … Rivals listed him as No. 5 nationally, also giving him the nod as the top receiver … 247Sports ranked him No. 17 in the country and No. 2 WR … ESPN, Rivals, and 247Sports all listed him as the top recruit from the state of Illinois … 2022 Under Armour All-America Game invitee … led East St. Louis High School to the Illinois Class 6A State Championship game, falling short of the title by one point … caught 71 passes for 1,174 yards in his senior season, including 20 trips to the endzone … his lone varsity rush was a 54-yard house call … showed versatility as the team’s kickoff and punt specialist … returned 21 punts on the season for 852 yards, with eight going the distance … named to the 2021 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 6A all-state team … in just five appearances his junior season, he caught 35 passes for 747 yards and five touchdowns.

Personal: Son of Luther Burden, Jr., one of the best to play basketball at Saint Louis University.

Luther Burden III