Burton to Detroit round 5 pick 168

[Leonard23]

Congrats

 

[RUwoz]

Congrats!

 

[jay_hq]

nice! congrats

 

[Abro1975]

From Walk on from West Morris HS, to RU schollie, to Captain, to Detroit Lion draft pick !

 

[Back2Banks]

Congrats to Burton, one of my favorite players

 

[Abro1975]

Ron Prince is on the Lions Coaching staff.

 

[Rokodesh]

nice

 

[Piscataway]

Not bad for someone slated to go undrafted

 

[masice520]

Good for him. well deserved

 

[j10oreo]

This guy gets drafted along with Ameer Abdullah... The Lions are aiming high for an explosive balanced offense. I'm liking their draft so far

 

[Leonard23]

Ron Prince is on the Lions Coaching staff.

Yup

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Amazing journey!

Loins now have a B1G running game!

 

[Rutgers25]

Awesome!

 

[198hamilton]

Absolutely could not be happier for this fine young man. A great representative for RU. Tough, hard nosed, well spoken, good student, super nice every spring game. Brian Leonard 2.0. I think he'll continue our tradition of walk-on's doing well in the NFL.

 

[knightfan7]

Congrats to the pride of Long Valley!

A true local kid make good story.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

This is awesome news. I took a break for a few minutes and came to see he got drafted, as he is one of my all-time favorite RU players. Congratulations to Michael and his whole family!

 

[dmd78]

congrats to Michael. NFL Network just talked about him and showed some video, all very positive.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Amazing journey!

Loins now have a B1G running game!

I can't quite figure out what is wrong with the above statement. Hang on, hang on....it'll come to me...

 

[Chuch Wilder]

Congrats Michael

 

[RUtix4me]

Congrats

 

[Newbrunfus]

Big congrats to Mike and the entire Burton Family.

 

[RUb-it-in]

Congrats Mike!

 

[Mr_Twister]

Probably the first-ever NJ kid to dream of playing for Rutgers, actually do it and not just talk about it, then play in the NFL. Too bad there aren't more Michael Burton's out there.

 

[thad23]

Way to go Mr. Burton!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Finster Baby]

Congratulations Mr. Burton. I guess Detroit likes meat heads. Lol.

 

[RUsSKii]

Congratulations Mr. Burton!

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

Congrats to the entire Burton Family. #Represent

 

[RAA-1]

Congrats to the entire Burton Family. #Represent

What a great story from wlk-on to draft pick.

 

[Shoeless Joe #1]

Makes me happy to see Burton was drafted by the Lions, its a shame we did not use the FB more, when he had the ball he was productive. Congrats!!!

 

[CoachMagoo]

Great player, great ambassador for the program... Congratulations, Michael!

 

[Extra Point]

Pretty good. The NFL teams know he is a better player than the analysis report so they grabbed him. Personally I think Burton is a super hero. He blocked like he was twice as big as he is.

 

[RutgersUnion]

Ron Prince is on the Lions Coaching staff.

You have to assume this has something to do with the pick. Prince knows his potential.

 

[1devotedfan]

I can't quite figure out what is wrong with the above statement. Hang on, hang on....it'll come to me...

Scarlet_Scourge said: ↑
Amazing journey!

Loins now have a B1G running game!
I can't quite figure out what is wrong with the above statement. Hang on, hang on....it'll come to me...

RaRa -
Pork or beef?

 

[Veiox]

Congratulations Mr. Burton. I guess Detroit likes meat heads. Lol.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[FastMJ]

My thoughts exactly.

Really happy to see this. Congrats Mike!

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Well done Micheal Burton. Best of luck to you.

 

[R U Crazy]

Agree with all of above posts.
Walk-on to being drafted in the 5th round.
Amazing story.

 

[B0ski]

Eff that dbag that called him a meathead.

 

[rudad02]

Agree with all of above posts.
Walk-on to being drafted in the 5th round.
Amazing story.

Way to go Mike. Have a great run.

 

[Kbee3]

Way to go Mike. Have a great run.

How many stars was he coming out of high school ?
Who else offered ?