Guilford College

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2025 D3Football Third Team All-American
• 2025 D3Football First Team All-Region 3
• 2025 First Team All-ODAC (Defensive Line)
• ODAC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 4, 2025)
• 2024-25 ODAC All-Academic Team

2025: Played in all nine games for the Quakers… Finished as NCAA Division-III leader in tackles for a loss per game, averaging 2.94, the most in the NCAA across all-four levels… Finished with team & ODAC-high 26.5 tackles for a loss, ranking second nationally… Finished averaging team & ODAC-high 1.33 sacks per game, ranking fourth nationally… Finished with team & ODAC-high 12.0 sacks, ranking tied for eighth nationally… Finished averaging 9.0 total tackles per game, ranking 59th nationally, fifth in ODAC, second on team… Finished with 81.0 total tackles, ranking tied for fifth in ODAC, second on team, 35 solo, ranking eighth in ODAC, second on team, 46 assisted, ranking eighth in ODAC, second on team… Finished with team & ODAC-high 26.5 tackles for a loss… Finished with 4.0 sacks, ranking tied for seventh in ODAC, second on team, adding team-high 10 QB hits… Finished with two passes defended, two pass break-ups… Recorded career-high 12 total tackles twice, vs. Shenandoah University on Oct. 11, 2025 & vs. Gallaudet University on Oct. 4, 2025… Recorded career-high 3.5 sacks twice, vs. Gallaudet University on Oct. 4, 2025 & vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 6, 2025, tied for the third-most in a single game in program history… Recorded career-high 4.5 tackles for a loss twice, vs. Gallaudet University on Oct. 4, 2025 & vs. Greensboro College on Sept. 6, 2025, tied for the eighth-most in a single game in program history… Recorded 4.0 tackles for a loss vs. Shenandoah University on Oct. 11, 2025, the tenth-most in a single game in program history… Finished season with 12.0 sacks, tied for fourth-most in a single season in program history…. Finished season with 31.0 career tackles for a loss, the sixth-most in program history… Finished season with 16.0 career sacks, tied for sixth-most in program history… Recorded 26.5 tackles for a loss, the most in a single season in program history.

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.