2020 Football Roster
Roster
Burton, Reid
Jersey Number 41
Reid Burton
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- East Lansing, Mich.
- High School:
- East Lansing
Bio
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Fifth-year walk-on earned his first letter with the program . . . joined a select group of Spartans in being named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for the fourth time . . . did not see game action.
2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third straight season . . . did not see game action.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection for the second year in a row . . . did not appear in a game . . . named Spartan Scout Team Co-Offensive Teams Player of the Week vs. Central Michigan.
2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not see game action . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2016 SEASON: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Sat out his entire senior year in 2015 after suffering a season-ending knee injury at the Sound Mind Sound Body Football Academy . . . played for Coach Bill Feraco at East Lansing (Michigan) High School . . . saw action at fullback, H-back and along the defensive line for the Trojans . . . rushed 44 times for 175 yards (4.0 avg.) and five touchdowns as a junior . . . caught three passes for 52 yards (17.3 avg.) in 2014 . . . recorded 34 tackles as a junior, with four resulting in losses including three sacks (13 yards) . . . posted a career-high seven tackles, including two for a losses, in the regular-season finale vs. Okemos . . . made six stops vs. Holt . . . carried 20 times for a season-best 90 yards and two scores vs. Lansing Eastern . . . ran nine times for 50 yards and two TDs vs. Jackson . . . started two games as a sophomore in 2013 . . . tallied a season-best five tackles vs. Okemos . . . also lettered in baseball as an outfielder . . . son of Ron and Andrea Burton . . . his father, Ron, is the defensive line coach for the Spartans . . . born April 11, 1998 . . . majoring in English.
2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third straight season . . . did not see game action.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection for the second year in a row . . . did not appear in a game . . . named Spartan Scout Team Co-Offensive Teams Player of the Week vs. Central Michigan.
2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not see game action . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2016 SEASON: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Sat out his entire senior year in 2015 after suffering a season-ending knee injury at the Sound Mind Sound Body Football Academy . . . played for Coach Bill Feraco at East Lansing (Michigan) High School . . . saw action at fullback, H-back and along the defensive line for the Trojans . . . rushed 44 times for 175 yards (4.0 avg.) and five touchdowns as a junior . . . caught three passes for 52 yards (17.3 avg.) in 2014 . . . recorded 34 tackles as a junior, with four resulting in losses including three sacks (13 yards) . . . posted a career-high seven tackles, including two for a losses, in the regular-season finale vs. Okemos . . . made six stops vs. Holt . . . carried 20 times for a season-best 90 yards and two scores vs. Lansing Eastern . . . ran nine times for 50 yards and two TDs vs. Jackson . . . started two games as a sophomore in 2013 . . . tallied a season-best five tackles vs. Okemos . . . also lettered in baseball as an outfielder . . . son of Ron and Andrea Burton . . . his father, Ron, is the defensive line coach for the Spartans . . . born April 11, 1998 . . . majoring in English.
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