Treylon Burks is one of the top football players in the country.
He is definitely one of the ten best wide receivers in America.
So when the ten semifinalists were announced on Monday, Burks’ name was nowhere to be found.
It’s not that the players named to the list weren’t deserving.
But Burks deserves to be on the list.
For the season, Burks has 52 catches for 815 yards and 8 touchdowns, when everyone around the nation knows he is the top threat on the team and there hasn’t been a true No. 2 guy emerge.
No offense to Deven Thompkins and Jerreth Sterns, they’ve put up video game numbers this year for their respective teams.
Let’s be real though, those guys would not be doing that against SEC competition.
Sterns has faced one Power 5 team. He torched the Michigan State secondary in a loss to the tune of 17 catches for 186 yards and a touchdown.
Thompkins has played one ranked team (BYU) and had a solid outing, 9 catches for 125 yards and a score.
Burks doesn’t need the accolades. He will most likely be a first round NFL draft pick in April.
It would just be nice for the program and the state, being that he is an in-state product, to have some recognition.
That’s all.