Skip To Main Content

Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2023 Football Roster

11 Jalen Burbage

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Ky.
  • High School Bryan Station
  • Prev School Lehigh

Biography

IN 2023 (EKU)
- UAC All-Academic Team

Played in all 11 games with six total starts ... recorded a career-high 33 receptions for 403 yards and four touchdowns ... ended the season with a touchdown in each of the last three games of the season.... season-high of 90 yards receiving  and a touchdown on six receptions against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 21).

iN 2022 AT LEHIGH
Academic All-Patriot League honoree … appeared in all 11 games … Lehigh’s third-leading receiver and top kickoff returner … opened season with eight catches for 106 yards and a touchdown at Villanova (Sept. 2) … returned opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown against Fordham (Oct. 8) … had touchdown catches in back-to-back games against Holy Cross (Nov. 5) and Colgate (Nov. 12) … had eight catches for 107 yards against Colgate … career-long 37-yard reception against Lafayette (Nov. 19) … averaged nearly 22 yards per kickoff return. 

IN 2021 AT LEHIGH
Appeared in all 11 games … emerged as Lehigh’s top kickoff returner … finished third on team in receptions and second in receiving yards … career-best receiving day with eight catches for 86 yards against Georgetown (Nov. 13) … added 62-yard kickoff return against the Hoyas … caught touchdown against Holy Cross (Oct. 30) … earned start against Lafayette (Nov. 20) finishing with five catches for 70 yards and 69 kickoff return yards … averaged 23.1 yards per kickoff return … named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

IN 2020 AT LEHIGH
Saw time in all three games … had three receptions for 30 yards against Lafayette.

IN 2019 AT LEHIGH
Appeared in five games with one start before suffering season-ending injury at Colgate … had 11 receptions for 124 yards in five games … made six catches for 66 yards in first career start at Villanova (Sept. 7) … career-long 34-yard reception against Merrimack (Sept. 28) … named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Team MVP as a junior and senior at Bryan Station H.S. … first team All-City as a senior … honorable mention All-State honoree … played quarterback in high school and passed for more than 4,600 yards and ran for more than 2,500 throughout his career … also played basketball and ran track.

PERSONAL
Son of Cornell and Alicia Burbage … brothers Jeremiah and Cornell II … father played football at Kentucky and professionally for the Dallas Cowboys.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.