George Burhenn

TE · #81 · Purdue · JR · 6'5" · 245 · McCordsville, IN

Projected TE starter

94 2025 receiving yards
9 of 10 2025 catches
0 2025 TDs
1 Explosive plays
15 Career games (1 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Purdue409-10 94 10.4 0
2023 Purdue1115-10 74 14.8 1

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 23.5 81
Yards per catch 10.4 58
Catch rate 90.0% 91
Receiving TDs 0 0

Around George

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Ryan Browne QB · 2,153 pass yds · 12g
RB Fame Ijeboi RB · 441 rush yds · 11g · at MINN
WR-X Xavier Townsend WR · 243 rec yds · 10g · at ISU
WR-Z Bisi Owens WR · no college stats
WR-SL Asaad Waseem WR · 699 rec yds · 12g · at FAU

The situation

Purdue 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 9.8% 23
Red zone TD rate 57.8% 7
Line yards per carry 2.3 31
Sack rate allowed 4.8% 76

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 BALL 1
W2Southern Illinois Salukis 3 3 48
W3 USC 4 4 26
W4 @ ND 2 2 20

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#810 William Watson III QB · Springfield Central VT
#810 Jacobe Robinson QB · Henderson BC
#810 George Burhenn TE · Mt. Vernon PUR
#810 Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson QB · Chaminade SDSU
#810 Peyton Jones RB · Maury DUKE
TEs in the class
#39 Ismael Smith Flores Arlington Martin NEB
#40 Zach Ortwerth St. Louis University IOWA
#41 George Burhenn Mt. Vernon PUR
#42 Hawkins Polley Houston Stratford BAY
#43 Grant Leeper Homestead IOWA
2025 · 81th pctile of TEs
Recruit · 70th pctile of class