Tweet
Vontaze Burfict*, ILB, Arizona State Height: 6-3. Weight: 245.
Projected 40 Time:
Projected Round:
| SEASON | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | PD |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 89 | 54 | 35 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 61 | 33 | 28 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Entering AU:
"Vontaze Burfict LB 6-3 245 Fr. Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS)
The most highly ranked football prospect ever to sign a letter of intent to attend Arizona State University...is the prototypical middle linebacker that starred for one of the nation's most prominent programs...is incredibly intense, tenacious, powerful and speedy...unanimously rated as the top middle linebacker prospect in the United States and is one of the very best high school football players in America...changes direction very well and is very difficult to block...is a ferocious hitter and an excellent blitzer...has the ability to significantly impact a football game in several ways...rated as a five-star prospect by both Scout.com and Rivals.com...earned First-Team All-America honors by EA Sports...rated by Rivals.com as the nation's No. 9 prospect at any position...also rated by Rivals.com as the No. 2 prospect in the state of California and the best run-stopping linebacker in the nation....participated among the nation's elite in the 2009 U.S. Army All-American game in San Antonio, Texas and was considered one of the most impressive players during practices and in the game...earned First-Team All-America Honors by MaxPreps...listed by ESPN Scouts, Inc. as the No. 16 overall player in the ESPN 150 list...regarded as the No. 18 overall recruit in the country by PrepStar and the No. 26 overall prospect by SuperPrep...ranked by Scout.com as the No. 29 overall recruit in the 2009 class...ranked as the No. 4 overall prospect by SuperPrep in the California/Hawaii/Nevada 150 list...was a teammate of fellow ASU signee William Sutton, as well as current Sun Devils Ryan Bass, Shelly Lyons and Brandon Magee...gives ASU five members of its roster to have played at Centennial High School, the greatest amount of out-of-state players from one school ever to be on a Sun Devil roster at the same time...Centennial earned a No. 2 national ranking at the end of the 2008 season...was named to the Badger/New Level All-Las Vegas Camp Team in the spring of 2008...earned First-Team Best in the West honors by the Long Beach Press-Telegram, joining fellow ASU signee Corey Adams on that list...was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Golden State honors by GoldenStatePreps.com...also was named the Southern California Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Southern California honors by GoldenStatePreps.com...led the Huskies as a senior with 159 total tackles, two sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries...had 10 or more tackles in 10 of 14 games and never recorded fewer than eight tackles in a game...recorded a season-high 17 tackles and added 0.5 quarterback sacks against Roosevelt on Oct. 10, 2008...collected 16 tackles and two fumble recoveries against Norco on Nov. 14, 2008...totaled 16 tackles and one sack against Vista Murrieta on Nov. 28, 2008...totaled 13 tackles with one interception against De la Salle on Dec. 19, 2008 in the CIF Division-1 Bowl Game...collected a team-high 130 tackles as a junior in 2007 and added four sacks, two interceptions and one fumble recovery...helped anchor a linebackers unit that included Sun Devils Shelly Lyons and Brandon Magee...registered at least 10 tackles in seven of 13 games on the year and never posted fewer than seven tackles in a game...collected a season-high 15 total tackles against Clovis West on Sept. 28, 2007...posted 13 total stops against King on Sept. 7, 2007 and also against Valley View on Oct. 12, 2007...tallied a season-high two quarterback sacks, in addition to 11 total tackles, against Glendora on Nov. 23, 2007...chose ASU over USC and had several additional scholarship offers..."We felt so comfortable with Arizona State because of the amount of care they showed us for Vontaze, the person," says Lisa Williams, Burfict's mother. "With ASU, the entire time, from the beginning of the process, they were presenting what they had to offer Vontaze as a student, as an athlete and as a young man."...committed to the Sun Devils on February 4, 2009, National Letter of Intent Signing Day...coached by Matt Loan at Centennial High School "
Burflict punches a teammate: http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...ched-teammate/
9/10/2011- Burflict has 4 sacks in 2 games so far... He's one of my favorite prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft at this point.
Comment