Deion Burks Slot

Draft-Week Buzz

• 2026-04-19 [NFL.com] — Deion Burks joins The Insiders to discuss stellar college career and 2026 NFL Scouting Combine performance
• 2026-04-19 [YouTube - Adapt & Respond with RJ Young] — Deion Burks set new Combine mark for Oklahoma WR in over 20 years

Buzz items pulled from beat-writer reports, ESPN/NFL.com transactions, Pro Day recaps, and verified Top 30 visit reports in the 30 days leading into the 2026 NFL Draft. Each linked headline goes to the original source. See our full draft-week news tab for cross-prospect timeline.

Background

Oklahoma slot from Powder Springs, GA; Purdue transfer who became Sooners' top pass-catcher in 2024-25.

College Production

2024 OU: 44 rec / 629 yds / 5 TDs. 2025: 62 rec / 821 yds / 9 TDs.

Scouting Take

Competitive slot separator; strong contested-catch. Press coverage struggles; short arms limit catch radius.

Draft Projection

Round 4. WR3 slot option.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Deion Burks as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED Atlanta Falcons: moved on from Darnell Mooney (speed-WR).
  Picks held: R2 #48
• REPORTED New England Patriots: moved on from Stefon Diggs (route-runner).
  Picks held: R1 #31; R2 #63
• REPORTED Buffalo Bills: moved on from Curtis Samuel (slot-WR).
  Picks held: R1 #26

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 WR prospects, his 5-9 / 190 lbs frame sits at the 4th percentile in height and 39th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Deion Burks is WR #18 of 51 ranked WRs in the 2026 class. Of those, 4 are projected in the R4 range.
• School pipeline: One of 9 Oklahoma prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only WR.

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Deion Burks’s NFL Archetype: Tank Dell

Tank Dell (Houston Texans)

Closest WR physical profile in the modern NFL: 5-9/190 lbs, Slot role. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Wide Receiver Prospects

Closest matches to Deion Burks (5-9 / 190 lbs, #18 WR) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Aaron AndersonSIZE MATCH LSU · 5-9/180 lbs · #21 WR · R5
• Zachariah BranchTIER MATCH Georgia · 5-10/175 lbs · #17 WR · R4
• Brenen ThompsonSIZE MATCH Mississippi State · 5-10/180 lbs · #20 WR · R5
• Antonio Williams Clemson · 5-11/190 lbs · #15 WR · R3-R4
• Kevin Coleman Jr.SIZE MATCH Missouri · 5-10/185 lbs · #22 WR · R5

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Oklahoma & The 2026 Class