Guilford College

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024-25 All-Academic ODAC

2024: Played in all ten games for the Quakers… Finished with team-high 4.0 sacks, ranking tied for fourth in ODAC… Forced team-high two fumbles, ranked tied for fourth in ODAC… Finished with 14 total tackles, six solo, eight assisted… Finished with 4.5 tackles for a loss, tied for fourth-most on team & 4.0 sacks, adding six QB Hits, second-most on team… Added one pass defended, one pass break-up… Added two forced fumbles… Recorded career-high four total tackles twice, one solo, three assisted vs. Methodist University on Sept. 14, 2024, & two solo, two assisted vs. Bridgewater College on Nov. 16, 2024… Recorded career-high 1.5 tackles for a loss vs. Methodist University on Sept. 14, 2024… Recorded first career tackle vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 7, 2024… Recorded first career sack vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 7, 2024… Recorded first career forced fumble vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 7, 2024… Made collegiate debut vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 7, 2024.

BEFORE GC
Earned three Varsity Letters in football, four in wrestling, & in track & field at Charles B. Aycock H.S…. Two-time All-Conference in Football… Named 2023 Team MVP for CBA Falcons in Football… Led team in tackles senior season… Finished sixth in state of North Carolina, was Quad County 3A Conference Champion in the 190-Pound weight class as a senior in 2023… Named Army JROTC Tuskegee Cadet of the Year.

Son of Austin Burton & Chaunda Wharton, U.S. Air Force, Retired.