“I know what type of ball I’m capable of playing, and I’m feeling like I didn’t live up to my own expectations," said Burks after last year. "I’m hungry to get back after it, to prove to myself, prove to the team, my worth.”
The second-year inside linebacker is scratching and clawing to get on the field once again this year. To be fair, luck hasn't been on his side as the third round pick was sidelined with a shoulder injury in the 2018 preseason and he compounded that with a pectoral injury in the 2019 preseason opener.