Luther Burden III (born December 12, 2003) is an American football wide receiver for the Missouri Tigers.
[1][2] He played both basketball and football and was ranked by ESPN as the top offensive recruit in the class of 2022.
[5][6] Burden received 41 total college scholarship offers,[6] eventually narrowing his final options to Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri.
He was only the fourth consensus five-star recruit signed by Missouri in the past 20 years, after Dorial Green-Beckham, Terry Beckner Jr. and Blaine Gabbert.
[7] Burden made his collegiate debut on September 1, 2022, catching three passes for 17 yards and had two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving.