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Luther Burden Is a Fantasy Football MUST DRAFT #shorts

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2 min
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Aug 8, 2026
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Sat, August 8, 2026
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Amon-Ra St. BrownLuther Burden
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Amon-Ra St. Brown

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Luther Burden is compared to Amon-Ra St. Brown, with the potential to serve as Ben Johnson's new primary slot/intermediate weapon. The two players shared a similar rookie route tree, though Burden actually outperformed St. Brown's rookie season in both yards per route run and targets per route run.

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Luther Burden

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Matt Harmon identifies Luther Burden as a must-draft player with WR1 upside, comfortable to target in round four. Despite a 652-yard rookie season, his underlying metrics are elite: second-most yards per route run (YPRR) for a rookie WR since 2000 and fourth-best first downs per route run of the last decade. He excels on high-upside intermediate in-and-out breaking routes and led his team in explosive play yardage. Harmon notes Burden is the most targeted player in camp, with teammates like Caleb Williams praising his work ethic. Burden is viewed as Ben Johnson's potential new primary slot/intermediate weapon, drawing comparisons to Amon-Ra St. Brown; notably, Burden outperformed St. Brown's rookie season in both YPRR and targets per route run.

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0:00Everything in the world says draft
0:01Luther Burden, so you should probably
0:03listen to that. Luther Burden up next. I
0:06was skeptical of Burden last season
0:09because there was just a lot of talent
0:11ahead of him on the depth chart and the
0:13fact that we knew he was going to be
0:14ramped up pretty slowly just in his
0:16rookie season. The end of season stat
0:19line wasn't amazing, but he put together
0:21a way better rookie season than I ever
0:24anticipated him having. If you look at
0:25the underlying metrics, he was awesome.
0:28Second most yards per route run for
0:30rookie wide receiver since 2000. Fourth
0:32best first downs per route run of the
0:34last decade for rookie wide receiver.
0:36First downs per route run is a very
0:38predictive metric, more predictive than
0:39yards per route run. Matt Harmon charted
0:41him with really high end success rates
0:43and particularly in like these
0:44intermediate routes, there were some
0:46that he wasn't overly successful at, but
0:49particularly getting across the field,
0:51intermediate in and out breaking routes,
0:53he was really, really productive. Those
0:55are some of the highest upside routes in
0:56fantasy. He only had 652 receiving
0:59yards, but he led the team in yards
1:01gained on explosive plays. I know it
1:02sounds a little bit crazy, but there's a
1:05real chance that Burden is basically Ben
1:07Johnson's new Amon-Ra St. Brown. They
1:10had a very similar route tree as
1:12rookies. Burden actually had a higher
1:14yards per route run and targets per
1:15route run in their rookie season. We
1:17have Ben Johnson saying he's buying
1:19Burden stock. We have the GM and the
1:21offensive coordinator saying that like
1:23no one is showing up earlier or working
1:25harder in the off season than Luther
1:27Burden. We've got Caleb Williams, other
1:29players hyping him up. Beat reporters
1:31are saying he's the most targeted player
1:32in camp. This we've been waiting to kind
1:34of figure out. Everything in the world
1:35says draft Luther Burden, so you should
1:38probably listen to that. Think you could
1:40finish as a wide receiver one this
1:42season. Very comfortable taking him in
1:44round four.

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