Treylon Burks’ NFL career hasn’t gone as planned. The former first-round pick’s latest challenge is coming back from a torn ACL he suffered in practice last October, but he still believes he can make an impact with the Tennessee Titans.
Before Burks even stepped onto an NFL field, he was already behind the eight ball. The draft pick the Titans used to select Burks in the 2022 draft, No. 18 overall, was the one they received from the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for A.J. Brown.
Fair or not, Burks was always going to be compared to Brown. Through his first three years in Nashville, Burks’ production has gone down each season.
Now, coming off an ACL tear with more competition in the receiver room, there is some question about whether Burks will even make the final roster. The fourth-year receiver said his focus isn’t on proving the doubters wrong. Instead, he wants to validate the confidence he has in himself.
“I am not going out to prove nobody wrong, I am going out to prove myself right,” Burks said, per the Titans’ website. “I tore my ACL (last October) and I am running. I am running routes, doing everything within those seven months, and it’s like, ‘Wow.’ And it’s nobody but God who made it happen. That’s who I play for and that’s who I lean on.
“I am not worried about whoever is in the room or whoever we’ve got. We’re a team and we’re going to go out and play ball.”
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