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Jersey Number 32
Brandon Burks
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 207
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Daleville, Ala.
- High School:
- Daleville HS
**2014 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention**
2014 (Junior): Rushed for 584 yards and three touchdowns … Averaged 6.1 yards per carry and topped the 100-yard mark against New Mexico State and Georgia State … Rushed for 176 yards on just 10 carries against New Mexico State; his 17.6 yards-per-carry average ranks as the second highest in a game in Troy history … Rushed for 118 yards on just 13 carries against Georgia State … Also caught 23 passes for 181 yards and a score – reception total was the third most on the team while receiving yards were the fourth most … Averaged 69.5 all-purpose yards per game, which was the second most on the team … Enters his senior season tied for 11th in Troy history with five 100-yard rushing games … Caught a season-high five passes for 23 yards in the opener at UAB … Had a season-high 14 carries for 50 yards at South Alabama … Rushed for touchdowns against Abilene Christian, Appalachian State and Georgia State; his receiving touchdown came against Abilene Christian on a 53-yard screen pass ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as a honorable mention selection
2013 (Sophomore): Started the final 11 games of the season at running back … Led the Trojans with 675 yards and a 56.2 yards-per-game average on the ground … Topped the 100-yard mark on three separate occasions – 100 yards vs. South Alabama, 113 yards vs. Georgia State and 126 yards vs. Louisiana-Lafayette … Became the first Troy running back since 2008 (DuJuan Harris) to rush for over 100 yards in back-to-back games (USA & GSU) … Rushed for touchdowns against UAB and Ole Miss … Finished second on the team with three rushes of over 20 yards … Troy’s third-leading receiver (number of catches) with 36 catches for 188 yards … Had a season-high six catches for 31 yards at Arkansas State … Caught a season-long 24-yard pass in the opener vs. UAB … Returned 10 kicks for 181 yards, which included a 51-yard return against South Alabama – the longest by a Trojan all season … One of just nine players in the Sun Belt to top the 1,000 yard mark in all-purpose yards
2012 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 of Troy’s 12 games as a true freshman on special teams … Returned three kicks on the season – Louisiana-Lafayette (3 yards), Mississippi State (11 yards), Tennessee (8 yards) … Tallied three tackles on the year with two coming at South Alabama and one at Middle Tennessee
High School: Named Southeast Sun/Daleville Sun-Courier Offensive Player of the Year following his senior season … Rushed for 1,530 yards on 182 carries (8.4 YPC) and 27 touchdowns … Also had 10 catches for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Rushed for over 100 yards in five of Daleville’s 10 games as a senior … Rushed for 411 yards and seven touchdowns in a 53-23 victory over Bullock County … Rushed for three touchdowns in Daleville’s victory over Dale County … Also played baseball and basketball
Personal: Born on Nov. 1, 1993, in Enterprise, Ala. … Son of Melinda Johnson … Majoring in criminal justice
2014 (Junior): Rushed for 584 yards and three touchdowns … Averaged 6.1 yards per carry and topped the 100-yard mark against New Mexico State and Georgia State … Rushed for 176 yards on just 10 carries against New Mexico State; his 17.6 yards-per-carry average ranks as the second highest in a game in Troy history … Rushed for 118 yards on just 13 carries against Georgia State … Also caught 23 passes for 181 yards and a score – reception total was the third most on the team while receiving yards were the fourth most … Averaged 69.5 all-purpose yards per game, which was the second most on the team … Enters his senior season tied for 11th in Troy history with five 100-yard rushing games … Caught a season-high five passes for 23 yards in the opener at UAB … Had a season-high 14 carries for 50 yards at South Alabama … Rushed for touchdowns against Abilene Christian, Appalachian State and Georgia State; his receiving touchdown came against Abilene Christian on a 53-yard screen pass ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as a honorable mention selection
2013 (Sophomore): Started the final 11 games of the season at running back … Led the Trojans with 675 yards and a 56.2 yards-per-game average on the ground … Topped the 100-yard mark on three separate occasions – 100 yards vs. South Alabama, 113 yards vs. Georgia State and 126 yards vs. Louisiana-Lafayette … Became the first Troy running back since 2008 (DuJuan Harris) to rush for over 100 yards in back-to-back games (USA & GSU) … Rushed for touchdowns against UAB and Ole Miss … Finished second on the team with three rushes of over 20 yards … Troy’s third-leading receiver (number of catches) with 36 catches for 188 yards … Had a season-high six catches for 31 yards at Arkansas State … Caught a season-long 24-yard pass in the opener vs. UAB … Returned 10 kicks for 181 yards, which included a 51-yard return against South Alabama – the longest by a Trojan all season … One of just nine players in the Sun Belt to top the 1,000 yard mark in all-purpose yards
2012 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 of Troy’s 12 games as a true freshman on special teams … Returned three kicks on the season – Louisiana-Lafayette (3 yards), Mississippi State (11 yards), Tennessee (8 yards) … Tallied three tackles on the year with two coming at South Alabama and one at Middle Tennessee
High School: Named Southeast Sun/Daleville Sun-Courier Offensive Player of the Year following his senior season … Rushed for 1,530 yards on 182 carries (8.4 YPC) and 27 touchdowns … Also had 10 catches for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Rushed for over 100 yards in five of Daleville’s 10 games as a senior … Rushed for 411 yards and seven touchdowns in a 53-23 victory over Bullock County … Rushed for three touchdowns in Daleville’s victory over Dale County … Also played baseball and basketball
Personal: Born on Nov. 1, 1993, in Enterprise, Ala. … Son of Melinda Johnson … Majoring in criminal justice
Troy vs. Kent State (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Troy vs. Toledo (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Scott Cross Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
Tuesday, November 04
Players Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
Tuesday, November 04
