Biography
CAREER: Played in 50 games with 49 starts and had 174 total tackles ... Recorded 38 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks ... 2018: Started 12 games on the defensive line ... Named All-Southern Conference first team by the media and coaches ... Earned STATS and Phil Steele third team All-America honors ... Buck Buchanan Award Watch List ... Recorded 46 total tackles and led the team in sacks (5.0) and tackles for loss (9.5) ... Had four tackles in the season opener against The Citadel (9/1) ... Added three tackles at Gardner-Webb (9/29) ... At Furman (10/13) had two tackles, including one for a loss ... Against ETSU (10/20) had six tackles and 2.5 sacks ... Added five tackles each against Mercer (10/27) and at Samford (11/3) ... In the first round of the NCAA FCS playoffs against Elon (11/24) had five tackles ... In the NCAA FCS second round at Kennesaw State (12/1) led team with 10 tackles and had two tackles for loss, including a sack ... 2017: Started all 13 games on the defensive line ... Named All-Southern Conference first team by the coaches and media ... Earned STATS third team All-America honors ... Recorded 44 total tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss and three sacks ... Led the team in sacks and tackles for loss, along with finishing seventh in the SoCon in tackles for loss ... In the season opener against Furman (9/2) had four tackles, with one for a loss, along with a shared sack of P.J. Blazejowski in the second quarter ... At Mercer (9/9) had five tackles, one of which was for a loss ... Against Western Carolina (10/7) had three tackles, 1.5 of which were for a loss, including a shared sack of Tyrie Adams in overtime ... Against Chattanooga (11/4) had nine tackles, two of which were for a loss ... At ETSU (10/28) had four tackles, with two for a loss and a sack of Austin Herick in the second quarter ... Sacked Reece Udinski in the first quarter at VMI (11/11) ... At North Dakota State (12/9) in the NCAA FCS Playoffs had four tackles, with one for a loss ... 2016: Started all 14 games at defensive end ... Named All-Southern Conference first team by the coaches and second team by the media ... Finished the season with 48 total tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two pass break-ups and three quarterback pressures ... Ranked 10th in the Southern Conference in tackles for loss with 12.5 ... Had three tackles and a tackle for loss at Ole Miss (9/10) ... Against East Tennessee State (9/24) had four tackles, including a sack ... At Western Carolina (10/8) had three tackles, with a sack of Tyrie Adams in the first quarter ... Against The Citadel (10/22) had a season-high ten tackles ... Added three tackles, two of which were for a loss, against Mercer (10/29) ... At Samford (10/1) had four tackles, one of which was for a loss ... At Furman (11/5) had one tackle for a loss ... Against VMI (11/19) had four tackles, three of which were for a loss ... In the NCAA FCS Playoffs had four tackles against Charleston Southern (11/26) and five at The Citadel (12/3) ... In the quarterfinals at Youngstown State (12/10) had three tackles, including one for a loss ... 2015: Started ten of eleven games played at nose tackle ... Recorded 36 tackles, six tackles for loss, and a team-high 3.5 sacks ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the coaches and media, along with All-Freshman Team recognition ... His 3.5 sacks were ranked ninth in the Southern Conference ... In first start against Tennessee Tech (9/12) had three tackles, including a sack for a loss of seven yards late in the fourth quarter ... At Idaho (9/19) had four tackles with a sack in the fourth quarter ... At Mercer (10/3) had seven tackles, including one for a loss ... At The Citadel (10/10), led the team with ten tackles ... At VMI (10/31) had three tackles, with 1.5 sacks of quarterback Al Cobb ... Added a tackle for loss against Furman (11/21) ... Named team’s Best Defensive Lineman and Defensive Freshman of the Year ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. ... As a senior, had 97 tackles, 12 sacks, and two interceptions on defense ... As a running back and tight end, had 136 carries for 1,012 yards, plus 22 receptions for 314 yards and 28 total touchdowns ... Earned All-League and All-State honors as the team won the conference championship ... During his junior season, he recorded 72 tackles and five sacks, along with 400 rushing yards and seven touchdowns ... Also a member of the wrestling team, going 23-0 during his junior year as a heavyweight ...
PERSONAL: Son of Leonard Burke and LaVerne Pratt ... Born September 4, 1997 ... Majoring in sociology.
