Another odd phenomena on the Sooner boards is their reaction to Deion Burks, a portal WR from Purdue. What we know:
1. Burkes was a solid starter at Purdue with good, not great production.
2. OU committed significant (to them) NIL towards signing him.
3. He shone in their pre season drills.
4. As a starter in the first few games, he was clearly their top receiver, but with less than 10 yards per reception.
5. he got hurt mid-season, with some soft tissue injury, and has not returned yet.
Their fanbase has swung like a pendulum between “Burks is an all time offensive threat, the kind that makes an offense go” to “Burks is a malingerer that has quit on the team and is only hanging around for that sweet, sweet Okie NIL before getting drafted”
I think, most likely, Burks is a good player that, with a healthy season of good production, could go late in the draft (5th to 7th). He ain’t CeeDee Lamb or even Marvin Mims. If he entered the draft after not playing the rest of the season with good production, he is on track for UFA. Is that wrong?