Deante Burton

Height:
6-2
Weight:
209
Class:
Senior
High School:
Manhattan

CAREER HONORS
• 2016 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2015 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (West Virginia)
• 2014 Second Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER (Click Here for Career Stats): A four-year letterwinner who made 35 career starts, including the final 26 games of his career... Became the 29th player in school history with 1,000 career receiving yards... Helped 2016 Senior Class earn a 32-20 record and two bowl victories.

2016 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Started all 13 games, tallying 29 catches for 404 yards and a touchdown... Had a season-high 82 yards at Baylor, a game in which he became the school’s 29th career 1,000-yard receiver... Tied his career high with five catches at Iowa State, which included his lone score of the year... Saw a 15-game streak with a catch snapped against Oklahoma State... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2015 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Started all 13 games, leading the team in catches (38), yards (510) and touchdown receptions (4)... Had his best career game in the regular-season finale against West Virginia by hauling in five passes for a career-high 135 yards and a touchdown en route to Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week accolades... His touchdown spanned 77 yards in the third quarter – K-State’s longest play from scrimmage during the season – and gave the Wildcats their first lead of the game... The catch tied for the 12th-longest pass play in school history and was the longest since 2013... Set his initial career high with five catches against Louisiana Tech and tied that mark on three other occasions (TCU, Texas, West Virginia)... Caught his first-career touchdown in the season opener against South Dakota.

2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats):Appeared in all 13 games, making nine starts... Hauled in 17 passes for 171 yards, including a career long 25-yard catch against Stephen F. Austin... Set career highs in catches (4) and yards (55) against Texas... Also had three receptions against Stephen F. Austin and Oklahoma State... Blocked a punt against UTEP... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2013 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Saw time in nine games, including the TCU game when he recorded a tackle on punt coverage.

2012: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Manhattan High under head coach Joe Schartz... Helped the Indians earn an 11-1 record in 2011... Named a First Team All-Centennial League pick as a senior... Captured all-state honors as a defensive back... Had 20 receptions for 327 yards and five touchdowns, while he recorded a pair of interceptions on defense... Also collected 216 rushing yards and three scores in 2011... Returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown in the playoffs as a senior against Dodge City... Totaled two punt-return scores on the year... Had 244 receiving yards in 2010 with three touchdowns... A two-year starter at both wide receiver and defensive back... Lettered three seasons for the Indians, who compiled a 30-3 record during that time.

PERSONAL: Deante (DEE-on-tay) Wayne Burton was born July 12, 1994... Son of Morrison and Valentina Burton... Has two brothers and one sister... Majoring in journalism and mass communications.