With the school soccer season over for the overwhelming majority of the panorama, it’s time to begin being attentive to the switch portal. Prefer it or not, the switch portal is already seeing large names throwing their hat within the ring searching for extra enjoying time or an even bigger stage to showcase their expertise. A type of names is Deion Burks — the 5-foot-11, 195-pound large receiver who spent the final three seasons on the Purdue soccer workforce — so listed below are the most effective switch portal locations for the Boilermakers’ wideout.

Burks’ numbers have not been the loftiest for the Boilermakers. He had 804 yards and 7 touchdowns on 63 receptions throughout his three seasons at West Lafayette. He by no means discovered a lot enjoying time till this season with Purdue that includes receivers like David Bell and Charlie Jones whereas Burks was there.

However Burks did play properly because the No. 1 receiver for the Boilermakers this season. Sadly, he wasn’t featured in as potent a passing assault as Bell and Jones have been. Nonetheless, Burks did lead the workforce in receptions (47), receiving yards (629), and touchdowns (7), and racked up roughly 1 / 4 of the workforce’s passing yards and 47% of the workforce’s receiving touchdowns.

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Deion Burks has loads of potential. He simply wasn’t capable of showcase it persistently at Purdue. The query now turns into: the place can he finest accomplish that now that he’s within the switch portal? Two locations stand out particularly.

Louisville Cardinals

The Louisville Cardinals stand out because the vacation spot that makes probably the most sense for Burks for a mess of causes. The primary motive? Jeff Brohm, the coach who recruited him to Purdue is now the pinnacle coach at Louisville.

Brohm has a historical past of getting large receivers drafted within the NFL. Even again when he was the pinnacle coach at Western Kentucky, Brohm helped Taywan Taylor discover his option to the NFL. At Purdue, receivers like Rondale Moore, David Bell, and Charlie Jones have been all drafted within the first 4 rounds of the NFL Draft the 12 months they declared. Brohm already could assist one receiver (Jamari Thrash) at Louisville get there after this season.

This brings up the second motive why Burks would make sense at Louisville. They might use one other large receiver. Even when their dynamic receiver Jamari Thrash returns subsequent season, Louisville would not have a lot round him. Thrash has greater than double the receptions and receiving yards that Louisville’s second-leading receiver (Chris Bell) does. Deion Burks would make a ton of sense as an addition for Louisville out of the switch portal.

Oregon Geese

The Oregon soccer program has had a ton of success working out of the switch portal. Probably the most notable instance has been plucking Bo Nix out of the portal after he transferred from Auburn, however there are different success tales there too, particularly at large receiver. Oregon acquired large receiver Tez Johnson out of the portal after he transferred from Troy. Johnson has 70 receptions for 942 yards and 7 touchdowns this season. That ought to attraction drastically to somebody like Burks.

Oregon can be a workforce of transition subsequent 12 months. They’re actually transitioning to a brand new convention within the Huge Ten. Their two main receivers in Johnson and Troy Franklin may depart for the NFL, as will Bo Nix. Oregon has some huge cash they’ll deploy within the portal to reload, nonetheless, and that would make it excessive on the Deions Burks locations record. He’d make for a fantastic slot in Eugene.