Penn State needs receivers, and another one is off the board from the transfer portal.
Former Purdue player Deion Burks has committed to Oklahoma. Hayes Fawcett of On3Sports was the first to report Tuesday afternoon.
BREAKING: Former Purdue WR Deion Burks has Committed to Oklahoma, he tells @on3sports
The 5’10 185 WR had 47 receptions for 629 yards & 7 TDs this year
One of the Top WRs in the Transfer Portal 👀https://t.co/waAiB831Gb pic.twitter.com/ae0IM6dadZ
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) December 12, 2023
Burks entered the portal after three seasons at Purdue.
He became Purdue’s best receiver this past season. Burks ended the year with 629 yards and seven touchdowns on 47 receptions. 247Sports had him as the No. 2 overall receiver in the portal. Burks was behind Antwane Wells, who committed to Ole Miss after transferring from South Carolina. No. 2 was London Humphreys, who went from Vanderbilt to Georgia.
Now, the highest-rated receiver on the market is Julian Fleming, a name that Penn State fans should be familiar with.
Coming out of Southern Columbia High School— located in Catawissa, which is roughly an hour and a half from State College— Fleming was the No. 1 receiver and No. 4 player in the country according to 247Sports, along with being the top-rated player in Pennsylvania.
As one could imagine, Penn State recruited Fleming hard.
He ended up committing to Ohio State in May 2019, picking it over Alamaba, Clemson, Georgia and, yes, Penn State, among other schools.
