Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III will enter the 2025 NFL Draft and skip the Tigers' bowl game to prepare, he told ESPN. Burden, who is foregoing his final year of collegiate eligibility, is widely considered one of the top offensive prospects in the draft process.

Missouri star Luther Burden III is declaring for the NFL draft, he told ESPN. Burden wraps up his three-year career at Missouri as one of the program's most productive players and a transformative recruit who helped the school go 20-5 over the past two years.

Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III on Monday declared for the NFL Draft, where he is expected to be a first-round pick. Burden said he would skip the Tigers' bowl game and begin preparing for the April draft.