Former five-stars invited to NFL Combine

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The NFL Scouting Combine is underway in Indianapolis and more than 20 former five-stars are in attendance. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney remembers them as recruits.

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The Columbia (S.C.) Hammond School standout committed to South Carolina over mainly LSU during the Early Signing Period but waited to sign with his teammates in February. Burch was an awesome-looking prospect in high school but didn’t do many national events so while he ended up as a five-star it was a risky pick.

He started to live up to his potential later at South Carolina and then had 8.5 sacks at Oregon last season. Currently projected as a third-round pick, Burch hasn’t lived up to his five-star billing but he has elite traits at 6-foot-6 and 290 pounds.

An early commitment to Oklahoma did not last and then the five-star receiver from East St. Louis, Ill., had a final three of Missouri, Georgia and Alabama before picking the Tigers. I remember seeing him numerous times in high school but especially coming out to Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco and dominating a really good defense.

What I loved about Burden is that he always had a massive dog factor, played hard and had phenomenal hands.

At Missouri, Burden had his best year as a sophomore with 86 catches and 1,212 yards but was elite all three years as he’s projected as a first-round NFL Draft pick.

Campbell started out as a wide receiver but as he grew, the five-star moved to linebacker and that wasn’t the…

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Publish date : 2025-02-27 13:25:00

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