Khari Burton

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Background

Ole Miss LB from Springfield (VA); Virginia transfer fifth-year senior.

College Production

2021-24 UVA: 140+ career tackles. 2025 Ole Miss: SEC rotational 50 tackles.

Scouting Take

Veteran experience + plus technique. Athletic ceiling limited.

Draft Projection

UDFA. Depth LB / STer.

Sources

• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile
• Google Search (school + name)

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 Khari Burton as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED New York Giants: moved on from Bobby Okereke (MIKE-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #5; R2 #37
• REPORTED Cincinnati Bengals: moved on from Akeem Davis-Gaither (slot-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #10; R2 #41
• REPORTED Chicago Bears: moved on from Tremaine Edmunds (MIKE-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #25; R2 #57; R2 #60 via Buffalo

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 LB prospects, his 6-1 / 230 lbs frame sits at the 35th percentile in height and 69th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Khari Burton is LB #22 of 26 ranked LBs in the 2026 class. Of those, 10 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
• School pipeline: One of 5 Ole Miss prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only LB.

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.

Khari Burton’s NFL Archetype: Fred Warner

Fred Warner (San Francisco 49ers)

Closest LB physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-1/230 lbs. 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 Linebacker Prospects

Closest matches to Khari Burton (6-1 / 230 lbs, #22 LB) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Harold Perkins Jr.SIZE MATCH LSU · 6-1/220 lbs · #23 LB · R5-R6
• Scooby WilliamsSIZE MATCH Texas A&M · 6-1/230 lbs · #25 LB · UDFA
• Wesley BissaintheSIZE MATCH Miami (FL) · 6-1/225 lbs · #26 LB · UDFA
• Brandon SmithTIER MATCH Missouri · 6-3/240 lbs · #21 LB · UDFA
• Xavian Sorey Jr.TIER MATCH Arkansas · 6-3/225 lbs · #20 LB · R7

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Ole Miss & The 2026 Class