Lawrence Godfrey "Trey" Burton III, was born on October 29,1991 and is an American football tight end who is a free agent.
46 Facts About Trey Burton
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Trey Burton 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.
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Trey Burton attended Venice High School, where he was a standout dual-threat quarterback for the Venice Indians high school football team.
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Trey 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.
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Trey Burton received an invitation to the NFL combine and attended as one of 22 collegiate tight ends.
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Trey 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.
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On March 17,2014, Trey 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.
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Trey Burton performed the vertical jump, broad jump, short shuttle, three-cone drill, and running back drills for the representatives and scouts from 32 NFL teams.
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Trey Burton lowered his time in the short shuttle and three-cone drill, while increasing his broad and vertical jumps from the combine.
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Trey Burton was ranked as the 39th best wide receiver prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Trey Burton caught nine passes for 100-yards and a touchdown in four preseason games.
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Trey Burton was inactive for the Eagles' Week 14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks after suffering a hamstring injury.
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Trey 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.
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Trey Burton primarily played on special teams and showed a lot of production throughout the season.
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Trey Burton was named to the NFL-All Rookie team as a special teams player.
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Trey Burton entered training camp competing for a roster spot against Eric Tomlinson, Andrew Gleichert, and Justin Tukes.
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Trey Burton was expected to receive an expanded role on special teams and offense after James Casey was released.
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Trey Burton became the first Eagles' player to have two touchdown receptions in a single preseason game since former Eagles' tight end Clay Harbor in 2012.
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Trey Burton was able to showcase his abilities after having increased playing time after Zach Ertz missed the preseason after suffering a core muscle injury.
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Trey Burton was named the third tight end behind Ertz and Celek to begin the 2015 season.
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Trey Burton was a key special teams contributor and led them with 19 combined tackles and caught three receptions for 54 receiving yards in 16 games and zero starts.
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Under new head coach Doug Pederson, Trey Burton was poised to have a larger role on the offense for the 2016 season.
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Trey Burton competed for a roster spot against Chris Pantale, Dillon Gordon, and M J McFarland.
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Trey Burton was named the third tight end to start the regular season, behind Ertz and Celek.
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Trey Burton filled in at longsnapper after Jon Dorenbos and emergency longsnapper Brent Celek both suffered injuries.
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Trey Burton completed the 2016 season with 37 receptions for 327 receiving yards and a touchdown in four starts and 15 games.
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Trey Burton played a career-high 233 offensive snaps and had both a forced fumble and fumble recovery on special teams.
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Trey Burton will receive a non-guaranteed salary of $2.74 million that corresponds with his second round tender.
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On May 25,2017, it was reported that Trey Burton has opted to switch his jersey number from No 47 to No 88.
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Trey Burton explained that his original number was assigned to him so he could play running back and tight end.
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Trey Burton was slated to be the third tight end behind Ertz and Celek to start the regular season.
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In Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots, Trey Burton threw a touchdown pass on the famous Philly Special trick play to quarterback Nick Foles with 34 seconds remaining in the first half.
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On March 14,2018, Trey Burton signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Chicago Bears.
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The next week against the Seattle Seahawks, Trey Burton caught his first touchdown pass as a Bear.
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In week 7 against the New England Patriots, Trey Burton had 9 receptions for a career-high 126 yards and a touchdown.
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Trey Burton did not play in the Bears' playoff game against the Eagles after suffering a groin injury the night before.
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Trey Burton finished the season with 54 catches for 569 yards and six touchdowns.
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Trey Burton received an overall grade of 69.5 from Pro Football Focus in 2018, which ranked as the 22nd highest grade among all qualifying tight ends, and was named as Pro Bowl alternate.
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On September 5,2019, it was announced that Trey Burton would be out with a groin strain in week 1 against the Green Bay Packers.
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Trey Burton had 14 receptions for 84 yards in 2019.
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Trey Burton signed with the Indianapolis Colts on April 22,2020.
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Trey Burton was reunited with Indianapolis Colts' head coach Frank Reich who he had previously played for while Reich was the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator.
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Trey Burton was placed on injured reserve on September 7,2020.
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Trey Burton became a free agent after the season and was not re-signed.
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Trey Burton went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft and joined the Buffalo Bills shortly after, where he was released after his first training camp.
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Trey Burton's grandfather Larry Burton, was an Olympic runner and an All-American wide receiver for the Purdue Boilermakers; he spent five seasons in the NFL.