Titans’ Treylon Burks talks injuries, how he’ll work to prevent them

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks was pegged by many as someone who could have a breakout year in his second season. Unfortunately, that did not come to fruition.

Burks ended up playing in 11 games once again, but he tallied less than half the receiving yards he did in his rookie campaign (444 to 221), and he failed to find pay dirt after scoring twice in 2022.

Injuries have certainly played a role in Burks’ struggles, but the former No. 18 overall pick simply hasn’t produced even when he’s been on the field.

In fact, he had 25 receiving yards or less in all but two of the games he played. The Arkansas product failed to tally a single 100-yard game and he now has just one over 22 games in two seasons.

Burks wasn’t asked about his lack of production when on the field while cleaning out his locker on Monday, but he did touch on his injury issues.

“With the injuries, you hate having injuries but I feel like that being able to finish the season strong with being healthy helped out a lot,” Burks said, according to Jim Wyatt.

In fairness to Burks, some of his injuries have been plain bad luck, with a pair of concussions being an example of that.

If there’s one bright spot you can take from Burks’ stretch run of the season, it’s the fact that he didn’t get hurt over the final three weeks. However, that does nothing to erase the fact that he did little to nothing while on the field.

When asked what his main goals are for the 2024 offseason, the 23-year-old said one of them was doing what he can to prevent injuries moving forward.

“Just to make sure that I’m doing everything to prevent injuries next season, so whatever it takes that my trainers will have me doing, I’ll do it,” he said. “You can’t prevent injuries but you can do the things like working on lower-body strength, recovery, things like that just to make sure that you can help prevent it.”

Ahead of the 2024 offseason, the Titans desperately need some help at the wide receiver position, as the team simply can’t rely on Burks for a major role given what we’ve seen the past two seasons.

Injury concerns certainly play a part in that, but his lack of production when healthy is definitely a reason, also.