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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
Bio
**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
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