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2021 Football Roster

22 Colby Burton

22 Colby Burton

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-10 / 185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Clear Creek HS
  • Prev School:
    McNeese State

Summary

Biography

2021:

  • Played in 11 games on special teams and as a reserve defensive back.
  • Recorded nine total tackles and one tackle-for-loss.
  • Had a season-high six tackles in a road contest at Utah State.
  • Selected to play in the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Prior to UH:

  • Played in 20 games over three seasons at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La. 
  • Named to McNeese State’s all-decade second team.
  • Tallied four interceptions, 22 pass breakups and one touchdown over his career.
  • Named all-Southland Conference first team and all-Louisiana second team as a junior in 2018.
  • Started all 11 games that season and finished with 31 tackles, including 3.5 for loss, two picks and eight pass break-ups.
  • Also earned Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week after intercepting two passes in a victory over UCA.
  • Made eight starts in 2017 as a sophomore and tied for the team lead with two interceptions, while adding 19 tackles and nine pass breakups.
  • Recorded 11 tackles in seven games played as a freshman.
  • Missed the 2019 season due to injury and did not play in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
 

Prep:

  • A 2016 graduate of Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas.
  • A three-time all-district selection.
  • Recorded 14 interceptions and five defense touchdowns in three seasons. 
  • A unanimous first team all-district selection and also earned first-team all-county and all-Greater Houston honors as a senior.
  • Also named to the 6A all-state second team as well. 
  • Picked off eight passes as a senior with 22 tackles while scoring two touchdowns that season.
  • Earned first team all-district and second team all-county as a junior after recording 62 tackles and three interceptions.
  • Tallied three interceptions, 52 tackles and two touchdowns in his sophomore season and was named second team all-district and all-county honorable mention.
  • Part of two district championship squads.
 

Personal:

  • Born in New Orleans, La. 
  • Majoring in sociology.
  • Has three brothers and a twin sister, Shelby.
  • Parents are Gerald Burton and Keisha Glapion of New Orleans, La.
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