CHI · WR
Luther Burden III
Luther Burden III is a wide receiver for the Chicago Bears.
Scouting report
Luther Burden III: the full picture
Luther Burden III at a glance
Luther Burden III is a 22-year-old wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, listed at 6'0" and 210 pounds. The Chicago Bears drafted Burden 39th overall in the second round in 2025, out of Missouri, and 2026 is Burden's 2nd NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Burden for 202.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR21 at the position and works out to 13.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Burden has scored 73.3 PPR points, or 12.2 per game. That is 36.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Burden would finish with about 208 points, in line with the 202.8 projected. The best week so far is 19.8 points in Week 3 against PHI, the WR13 finish that week. Burden has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 6 games, a 33% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Burden ranks in the 87th percentile in receptions, the 80th percentile in receiving yards and the 69th percentile in target share. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 39th percentile in average separation.
Career track record
2025 is the only completed season on record: Burden finished as WR49 with 127.9 PPR points in 15 games. The totals so far read 78 receptions, 1,013 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.
Luther Burden III by the numbers
Burden has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 2 times. The career high is 27.8 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2025 against SF, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Burden has reached 20 points in 1 game, 5% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Burden drew 7.0 targets per game at an average depth of 9.0 air yards. 23% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 8 targets came in the red zone.
Contract
Burden is playing on a four-year, $11.0 million contract signed with the Chicago Bears in 2025, an average of $2.7 million per year with $11.0 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Burden carries a GV stock price of 3,469, which ranks 244th overall and WR89 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Burden 340th overall. Value has moved down 2.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Matthew Golden, Carnell Tate and Tre Harris. See where Burden sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
4 news items linked to Burden in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 18, 2026. Read the latest Luther Burden III news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 202.8
- PPR / game
- 13.5
Week 1 projection
Luther Burden III is projected for 11.0 PPR points on the road at CAR in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 30.9.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 20.6
- Dynasty
- 33.6
- Superflex redraft
- 34.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 47.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 20.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CHI | 6 | 43 | 31 | 361 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | CHI | 15 | 60 | 47 | 652 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 127.9 |
Wide receivers ranked near Luther Burden III
- Terry McLaurin WR18 · 213.3 PPR
- Jaylen Waddle WR19 · 211.9 PPR
- Christian Watson WR20 · 211.8 PPR
- Tee Higgins WR22 · 193.0 PPR
- Rome Odunze WR23 · 192.3 PPR
- Malik Nabers WR24 · 191.3 PPR
Chicago Bears fantasy players
- Caleb Williams QB · 330.0 PPR
- D'Andre Swift RB · 218.4 PPR
- Rome Odunze WR · 192.3 PPR
- Colston Loveland TE · 173.4 PPR
- Kyle Monangai RB · 131.8 PPR
- Kalif Raymond WR · 105.5 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.