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Chicago Bears · WR · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Missouri (2025 Round 2, Pick 39)

Luther Burden III

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69.3
Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #24 of 99 qualified WRs
Rec / Targets
35/4721.0% target share
Receiving yards
49114.0 YPR
Receiving TD
270.1 yds/G
Snap share
61%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity
+0.30547 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate
57.4%Play-by-play positive EPA

Luther Burden III among the 99 qualified receivers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

  1. Smith-Njigba97.0
  2. Lamb93.7
  3. Olave90.5
  4. St. Brown90.3
  5. Higgins88.5
  6. McMillan88.2
  7. London87.9
  8. Nabers87.3
  9. Wilson85.2
  10. Burden III#2469.3
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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 99 qualified WRs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game20% weight · Raw +0.329 → Shrunk +1.624
73thpercentile
Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.377 → Shrunk +1.521
85thpercentile
Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 10.45 → Shrunk 54.67
77thpercentile
Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 9.23 → Shrunk 69.31
64thpercentile
Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.64 → Shrunk 38.69
66thpercentile
Target share30% weight · Raw 21.0% → Shrunk 20.1%
67thpercentile
First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 36.2% → Shrunk 37.6%
37thpercentile
20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 23.4% → Shrunk 14.9%
99thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Luther Burden III. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

WeekDateMatchupResultRecTargetsRec ydsRec TDRush yds
Week 1Sep 13, 2026@ CARW 59-37556302
Week 2Sep 20, 2026vs MINL 3-9373200
Week 3Sep 28, 2026vs PHIW 27-77116117
Week 4Oct 4, 2026vs NYJW 23-124663011
Week 5Oct 11, 2026@ GBL 7-31464702
Week 6Oct 18, 2026@ ATLW 31-23889500
Week 7Oct 22, 2026vs NEW 30-244413017

College to the NFL: Missouri to Chicago Bears

Verified identity bridge linking Luther Burden III's college regular-season yards at Missouri to official NFL game lines.

Missouri (College yards)

3252022
1,1902023
6662024
3939th pick
2025 Draft

CHI (NFL yards)

6522025
4912026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 2 seasons.

SeasonClubGCarriesRush ydsRush TDRec/TgtRec ydsRec TD
2025CHI15637047/606522
2026 (so far)CHI7829035/474912

Compare Luther Burden III with top receivers

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Luther Burden III vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 69.3 vs. 97.0Luther Burden III vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 69.3 vs. 93.7Luther Burden III vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 69.3 vs. 90.5Luther Burden III vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 69.3 vs. 90.3Luther Burden III vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 69.3 vs. 88.5Luther Burden III vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 69.3 vs. 88.2
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