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After being projected to be a first-round pick, Bears WR Luther Burden III remained on the board until pick 39 overall in the second round. Burden has no intentions of forgetting all the teams passing on him and plans to use it as motivation.
“No, that’s staying with me forever,” Burden said, via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. “Everybody who passed up on me gotta pay.”
Although Burden totaled 536 fewer yards in his senior season compared to his junior year, Chicago director of college scouting Breck Ackley believes the skillset is still there and none of his elite traits faded to cause a production dip.
“It was the same offensive coordinator, the same quarterback, but you still saw the flashes of the same skill set,” Ackley said. “That’s what really matters. Yes, I get the production was down. Our jobs is to answer the question: Was it a difference? Did something happen? Was he less explosive or slower? We saw none of that. He was the same level of player that we saw before.”
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