2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Aubrey Burks
- Position:
- SPEAR
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 209
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oakridge, Fla.
- High School:
- Auburndale
- Has played in 29 career games with 23 starts
2023 (Jr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
- All-Big 12 Conference Honorable-Mention Honoree (Coaches)
- Started all 12 games in which he played at safety
- Finished with 47 tackles, including 39 solo stops, 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, four pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery
- Second on the team in interceptions (2)
- Registered four tackles, including three solo stops and an interception against North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl
- Recorded six tackles, including five unassisted tackles and a sack at Baylor
- Had four tackles against Cincinnati
- Finished with six tackles, including five solo stops at Oklahoma
- Posted three solo stops and had a forced fumble and recovered the fumble against BYU
- Had three solo tackles at UCF
- Registered five tackles, including four unassisted tackles and a pass breakup against Oklahoma State
- Had four solo tackles at TCU
- Season-high seven tackles, including six unassisted tackles, a tackle for loss and two pass breakups against Texas Tech
- Finished with two tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss and had an interception that he returned for 26 yards against Pitt
- Posted three solo tackles, including one for loss against Duquesne
2022 (So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
- Started all 12 games at safety
- 2022 All-Big 12 Conference Second Team DB (AP)
- 2022 PFF All-Big 12 Team (Defense)
- Second leading tackler for WVU with 66 tackles, including 46 solo stops, one sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, one interception, one forced fumble and two pass breakups
- Has one 10-plus tackle game in his career
- Totaled at least six tackles in six games in 2022
- Tallied five tackles, including a TFL, at Oklahoma State
- Posted five tackles, including four solos and 1.5 tackles for loss, against Oklahoma
- Led the team in tackles, with nine, at Iowa State
- Made three tackles against TCU
- Finished with a career-best 10 tackles at Texas Tech, including the first sack of his career
- Tallied six tackles for the second consecutive game, intercepted the first pass of his career and registered his first career fumble recovery against Baylor
- Finished with six tackles, including five solo stops, at Texas
- Posted two tackles at Virginia Tech
- Made six tackles against Kansas
- Earned his first career start at Pitt and finished with a career-high six tackles
2021 (Fr.)
- Played six games at safety before sustaining a season-ending injury against TCU
- Finished with solo tackles against Long Island and at Baylor
High School
- Played safety for coach Kyle Sasser at Auburndale High
- Saw action in only five games as a senior due to injury, but still totaled 28 tackles, two sacks, four tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and one fumble recovery
- Also ran for 96 yards on four attempts with two scores
- Helped team to a 5-4 record and the first round of the Florida Class 6A playoffs
- Led Auburndale to an 8-3 record as a junior and finished with 63 tackles, six sacks, 17 tackles for loss, two interceptions, six pass breakups, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
- Forced four fumbles in one game
- In just 15 snaps against Pasco, he recorded a pick-six, two sacks and a safety
- As a sophomore in 2018, he totaled 45 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions, three pass breakups and one forced fumble
- In his initial season, he contributed 32 tackles, three sacks, 10 tackles for loss, three interceptions, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles
- Three-star rating from 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN
- 247Sports ranks him as the No. 53 best safety in the country and the No. 85 top recruit in Florida
- Rivals lists him as the No. 95 best recruit in Florida, while ESPN has him No. 67 overall at his position
Personal
- Son of Tommy and Audrey Burks
- One of two children (1 sister)
- Majoring in sport leadership
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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