2018 Packers Third Round Pick Oren Burks

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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6031
Weight: 233

PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.59
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.59
20 Yard (ET): 2.64
20 Yard (HH): 2.57
10 Yard (ET): 1.59
10 Yard (HH): 1.55 225 Lb. Bench Reps: 18
Vertical Jump: 39 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'11"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.15
3-Cone Drill: 6.82

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Oren Burks
Outside linebacker
SCHOOL: VANDERBILT | CONFERENCE: SEC
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3 / 233 | 40: 4.59 | DRAFT YR:2018
Rankings
GRADE 3.60
PROJECTED ROUND 3rd

Bio:
Four-year starter who played a different positions in each of his final three seasons at Vanderbilt. Made 82 tackles (seven for loss) with one interception, one sack and three pass breakups as an inside linebacker in 2017. Posted 59 tackles (6.5 for loss), one interception, three sacks, one forced fumble and six PBUs as a junior while playing a hybrid linebacker/safety role. Played free safety in 2015 and led the team with three interceptions while recording 59 tackles, one forced fumble and six pass breakups. Started seven games as a redshirt freshman and made 37 tackles with a team-high seven PBUs.

Pos:
Athletic run-and-chase linebacker with an underrated game. Fluid, covers a lot of area on the field and shows speed laterally. Quickly gets out to the sidelines in pursuit, flies around the action and sells out to make tackles. Forceful upfield on the blitz, nicely redirects to the ball carrier and gives effort against the run. Leads by example and has shown consistent progress.

Neg:
Lacks great bulk and strength. Handled by blockers and engulfed at the point. Does not consistently bring ball carriers down at the point of contact. Occasionally misreads the action.

Analysis:
Formerly a defensive back, Burks nicely made the transition to linebacker and has shown continual improvement. He offers adequate size and growth potential and is a multi-scheme linebacker with potential as a three-down defender.

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Burks versus Alabama

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versus Tennessee

[ND72]

Burks was 3rd round

[Bretsky]

Wasn't he a third round pick ?

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Wasn't he a third round pick ?

I don't know what you are talking about.

You must be tired.

[Bretsky]

I don't know what you are talking about.

You must be tired.

Still hallucinating................did I see...........Brad Jones tonight ?

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Still hallucinating................did I see...........Brad Jones tonight ?

That actually happened.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Alotta Pack fans love Martinez, but the dude can’t cover worth a fuck.

Burks seems like he has some coverage Kung fu. I kinda like this pick.

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Packer Report @PackerReport
#Packers will have another pick tonight. No. 88 of the third for 101 of the fourth and 147of the fifth. No. 101 was pole position for tomorrow.

Jimmy Johnson Chart Answer:

Trade Totals
Panther Gives Value: 150
Packer Gives Value: 128.6

Gain/Loss %
Panther: -14.27%
Packer: +16.64%

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Chase Stuart redid the chart using average value for players over the years. That chart lessens the value of the top picks and increases the value of the middle rounds: http://www.footballperspective.com/draft-value-chart/

By his chart, the Packers paid a 31% premium, giving up 8 points of AV for 6.1 points in return.

http://www.footballperspective.com/draft-pick-value-calculator/

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Packer Report @PackerReport
Burks' visit "cemented" the team's thoughts on Burks, John Wojciechowski says.

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"The athleticism, I keep going back to that," John Wojciechowski says of Burks. Has the skill-set to match up on tight ends, though mainly played zone at Vandy.

Packer Report @PackerReport
Gutekunst on Burks: "This is no small man." Was best tester at the position, though. "We think his best football is ahead of him."

[wist43]

Good thing i was in the hospital when this pick was announced... might've died from WTFism!!!

They drafted him on his combine and athleticism, coz as a football player he is likely the worst to ever put on a pair of shoulder pads.

Worst football player I think I've ever tried watch... I don't think any amount of coaching can straighten this basket case out. I seriously doubt he ever contributes from scrimmage. If he is on the field from scrimmage, hold your breath coz some terrible football is about to overwhelm you.

Horrible, horrible pick.

The kid is a great athlete - an OMG bad football player.

[Bossman641]

Not very impressed by his tape. Maybe he has all this speed and agility, but he is so tentative you never really see it.