2nd year receiver Jermaine Burton appears to be out of the doghouse that kept him from playing his rookie season.
Jermaine Burton was a 4 star athlete who found playing time as a freshman at Georgia despite a loaded receiving room. He had 400 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. Burton posted similar numbers as a sophomore, but then transferred to Alabama. He then led the Crimson Tide in receiving for 2 years, despite never reaching a 1,000 yards. He was praised for his route running ability but fell in the draft to the 3rd round due to character concerns. The character concerns likely led to him being in the doghouse for his rookie year as he only had 4 catches for 104 yards on 14 targets in 14 games.
Burton athletic profile is excellent, he ran a 4.45 forty yard dash along with a 92nd percentile Burst Score. Should Burton actually get on the field he can be a good weapon to fill in for Chase or Higgins in moments of rest or injury. Burton is worthy as a stash in deep league formats especially dynasty. He will be an immediate waiver wire option should Chase or Higgins suffer injury.
Author: Jesse Baldwin @J_Baldwin51
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The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Jermaine Burton is accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman who he was dating.
With the updated information and report, the Cincinnati Bengals responded “We are aware of information related to Jermaine Burton. We will continue to evaluate as we gather additional details and will have no further comment at this time.” The call placed by the woman was on December 30th where she stated to 911 “He broke into my house. He broke my phone. This is the second time he’s broken my phone in the past month. He broke my phone. He hit me and he left.” The third-round pick Burton is also facing eviction proceedings from his apartment. At this time, the woman has declined pressing charges.
There were concerns on draft day about his off-the-field behavior with prior incidents. Which included being caught on video allegedly pushing the head of a female fan who rushed the field after the University of Tennessee beat Alabama in October of 2022.
Bengals coaches want Burton to earn trust through his practice habits and preparation.
Bengals 2024 3rd round pick Jermaine Burton has flashed big time ability throughout the Bengals preseason. Over the course of the Bengals 3 games, he has shown that his calling card as a deep threat at Alabama will translate, posting an 8/157/2 line while earning his QBs a 158.3 when targeted. There were red flags that caused him to fall to the 3rd round and those have caused the Bengals to keep him off of the field until his work ethic in practice and meetings provide the coaches with a level of trust in his reliability that seems to be lacking. It appears likely that the coaching staff will give him the latitude to grow into a higher level of accountability, but given the emergence of Andrei Iosivas and Charlie Jones, he will likely result in Burton having a “redshirt” year of sorts in 2024.
Burton’s value for 2024 is tied directly to the availability of wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins in 2024. If they are both healthy, he was thought to potentially be fighting for Tyler Boyd’s slot targets, but due to his lack of preparation he will have to display it on the practice field and in the meeting rooms before he is able to earn a role on gameday. If anything happens to Chase or Higgins, he will become an interesting waiver add in all leagues.
Former Georgia and Alabama Receiver Jermaine Burton takes his deep speed to Cincinnati to aid Joe Burrow back to the Super Bowl.
Jermaine Burton was a part time player for the Georgia Bulldogs for his freshman and sophomore seasons, the latter being a National Championship team. Burton ended his Bulldog career with 53 catches, 901 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns by transferring to Alabama for more playing time. In 2022, he led led the Tide with 677 receiving yards (40 receptions, 16.9 per, 7 TDs) in 13 games with 12 starts. Burton stayed for a senior year to lead the team with 798 receiving yards, 8 receiving TDs on 39 receptions (20.5 per). Burton has amazing speed to go with his average frame of 6’0″ and a 196 pounds, scoring a 91st percentile in the Burst Score at 132.0.
Quarterback Joe Burrow is smoking his cigar again with this pick. Burton will be an excellent WR3 on the team, with potential for more playing time next year when fellow WR Tee Higgins’ franchise tag contract expires. Burton can threaten deep on opposing defense to carry some coverage off of Higgins and star WR Ja’Marr Chase.
Burton will be a great buy in the late rounds of best ball drafts and a great rookie stash in dynasty. It’s hard to see him being consistent enough to draft in redrafts unless an injury happens to the aforementioned receivers.
