National Signing Day 2016: LB Noah Burks Joins Badgers

National Signing Day 2016 is here

The Wisconsin Badgers National Signing Day 2016 class is well underway, and includes three-star outside linebacker Noah Burks out of Carmel, Indiana.

Burks is considered one of the Badgers highest-rated recruits, coming in with a three-star ranking from 247 Sports as well as a 4-star designation from ESPN. 247 calls him the fifth-best player out of the state of Indiana, and the 33rd-best outside linebacker nationally.

Burks will get the chance during his freshman year to play behind one of the best outside linebackers in the country in Vince Biegel. No one else on the badgers linebacker group is a slouch, so he will be surrounded by strong players at his position, giving him the opportunity to grow in the Wisconsin system.

At 6-foot-3, 221 pounds, Burks already has the frame to be a successful outside linebacker for the Badgers. From this highlight clip you can see Burks can play the run as well as the pass, a much-needed skill to be an outside linebacker in Wisconsin’s 3-4 defense.

Here’s his player profile, per UWBadgers.com:

High School:Four-star prospect by Rivals … three-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN and Scout … named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 All-State team as a junior and senior … first-team all-state by Associated Press as a senior, logging 89 tackles, 14 TFLs, 6 sacks and 3 interceptions … also earned honorable all-state honorable mention from AP as a junior, recording 120 tackles, 18 TFLs, 4 sacks and 4 forced fumbles … two-time first-team All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference … two-time team MVP … team captain as a senior … finished career with 259 tackles, 36 TFLs, 13 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 4 interceptions … also lettered in baseball and track and field … high school coach was John Hebert.

Personal: Parents are Jeff Burks and Wendi Burks … father played football at Butler, earning first-team All-Pioneer Football League honors as an offensive lineman in 1993.

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