Trey Burton

He was ranked as the 39th best wide receiver prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.

Lawrence Godfrey "Trey" Burton III (born October 29, 1991) is an American football tight end who is a free agent.

As the Indians starting junior quarterback in 2008, he completed 80 of 133 pass attempts for 1,399 yards and 12 touchdowns, while rushing for 919 yards and 24 touchdowns.

As a senior in 2009, he passed for 1,876 yards with 18 touchdowns and only one interception, and rushed for 821 yards and 22 touchdowns, leading the team to a 9–2 record.

He was a first-team all-state selection both years.

Burton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Urban Meyer and coach Will Muschamp's Florida Gators football teams from 2010 to 2013.

Originally recruited as a quarterback in Urban Meyer's spread offense, he played several positions for the Gators, including wide receiver, tight end, fullback and quarterback.

As a freshman in 2010, he broke Tim Tebow's team record for touchdowns in a single game with six in a 48–14 victory over Kentucky.

In 50 career games with Florida, he had 720 rushing yards, 976 receiving yards, and 20 total touchdowns.

Burton received an invitation to the NFL combine and attended as one of 22 collegiate tight ends.

His multiple positions through college made it difficult for scouts and analysts to determine what position he would play professionally.

He became the first Eagles' player to have two touchdown receptions in a single preseason game since former Eagles' tight end Clay Harbor in 2012.

Burton was able to showcase his abilities after having increased playing time after Zach Ertz missed the preseason after suffering a core muscle injury.

He played college football for the University of Florida and was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2014, and he won Super Bowl LII with the team in his final season with the Eagles, including helping execute the Philly Special.

Burton also played for the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts.

Burton was born in Venice, Florida.

He attended Venice High School, where he was a standout dual-threat quarterback for the Venice Indians high school football team.

Standing at 6'2", he tied Tennessee State's A. C. Leonard as the shortest tight ends at the combine and was the lightest by 11 lbs. Burton finished with the fastest 40-yard dash time, tied for second in the three-cone drill, and fourth in the short shuttle among his position group at the combine. On March 17, 2014, Burton opted to participate at Florida's pro day, along with Dominique Easley, Solomon Patton, Loucheiz Purifoy, Marcus Roberson, Jon Halapio, Jonotthan Harrison, Ronald Powell, Jaylen Watkins, and two other teammates. He performed the vertical jump (33"), broad jump (9'5"), short shuttle (4.31), three-cone drill (7.01), and running back drills for the representatives and scouts from 32 NFL teams. Burton lowered his time in the short shuttle and three-cone drill, while also increasing his broad and vertical jumps from the combine.

At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Burton was projected to be a seventh round pick or be a priority undrafted free agent by NFL draft experts and analysts.

Burton was not selected in the 2014 NFL Draft.

On May 10, 2014, the Philadelphia Eagles signed him as an undrafted free agent to a three-year, $1.53 million contract that includes $20,000 guaranteed and a signing bonus of $7,500.

Throughout training camp, Burton competed for a roster spot against James Casey, Emil Igwenagu, and Blake Annen.

He caught nine passes for 100-yards and a touchdown in four preseason games.

Head coach Chip Kelly named Burton the fourth tight end on the Eagles' depth chart, behind Zach Ertz, Brent Celek, and James Casey.

The Eagles initially had three roster spots for tight ends, but decided to make Burton the fourth after determining it was too risky to place him on waivers.

He made his professional debut in the Philadelphia Eagles' season-opening 34–17 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

On October 12, 2014, Burton had five carries for 10 rushing yards during their 27–0 victory over the New York Giants.

He was inactive for the Eagles' Week 14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks after suffering a hamstring injury.

On December 28, 2014, Burton returned a punt recovery for a 27-yard touchdown after tight end James Casey blocked a punt attempt by the Giants' punter Steve Weatherford in the third quarter of a 34–26 victory over the New York Giants.

This was Burton's first career touchdown and his only score of the 2014 season.

Burton completed his rookie season with a total of four combined tackles on special teams and five carries for 10-yards and a touchdown in 15 games and zero starts.

He primarily played on special teams and showed a lot of production throughout the season.

Burton was named to the NFL-All Rookie team as a special teams player.

Burton entered training camp competing for a roster spot against Eric Tomlinson, Andrew Gleichert, and Justin Tukes.

He was expected to receive an expanded role on special teams and offense after James Casey was released.

On August 29, 2015, Burton caught four passes for 21-yards and two touchdown receptions during a 39–26 preseason victory at the Green Bay Packers.

He was named the third tight end behind Ertz and Celek to begin the 2015 season.

On November 26, 2015, Burton recorded his first career reception and finished with two catches for 49-yards, though the Eagles lost 45–14 at the Detroit Lions.

He was a key special teams contributor and led them with 19 combined tackles and also caught three receptions for 54 receiving yards in 16 games and zero starts.

Under new head coach Doug Pederson, Burton was poised to have a larger role on the offense for the 2016 season.