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Over the last two weeks, Titans rookie Treylon Burks has finally started to develop into the type of player everyone envisioned he could be when he was selected with the No. 18 overall pick back in April.
The rookie technically accounted for his first career touchdown following a rare fumble by Henry led to Burks recovering it in the end zone for six.
Derrick Henry 69-yd rec & Treylon Burks TD
🔹 Henry Top Speed: 20.27 mph
🔹 Yards After Catch: 70
🔹 YAC Over Expected: +58**Most YACOE by a Titans player over the last five seasons (since 2018)#CINvsTEN | #Titans pic.twitter.com/FxBMs2BOtk
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) November 27, 2022
This obviously wasn’t the ideal first career touchdown for Burks, but it was a great example of what can happen when you hustle all the way through the whistle.
Outside of the flukey touchdown, it was a pass that the Titans wideout caught later in the game that truly showed what Burks is capable of doing.
BIG. PLAY. BURKS. @TreylonBurks
📺: Watch #CINvsTEN on @NFLonCBS pic.twitter.com/SYyqM20E6n
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) November 27, 2022
Similarly to his Arkansas days, the Titans receiver went up and high-pointed the football over the nearest defender.
Treylon Burks went nuts on this sequence#Titans pic.twitter.com/6zqU9OOAu0
— Shaun Calderon (@ShaunMichaels31) April 29, 2022
This was an incredible, eye-popping play that ultimately put some much-needed points on the board for Tennessee.
According to Next Gen Stats, as of right now, Ryan Tannehill’s 51-yard pass to Burks is the second most improbable completion of the week. Tannehill’s pass to the rookie only had a 20.4 percent chance of being completed.
In total, over the last two weeks, Burks has averaged over 16 yards per reception en route to 181 combined receiving yards, along with the one touchdown by technicality.
Good things continue to happen when No. 16 is a priority for the offense, and with performances like these, that should only increase his role with each passing week.
