Jager Burton

• First name is pronounced jagger.
• Played in 51 contests with 47 starts at the University of Kentucky in five seasons (2021-25), starting all 47 games he played in over his final four seasons.
• During his collegiate career, started 23 games at left guard, 15 games at center and nine contests at right guard.
• Selected by the Packers in the fifth round (No. 153 overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft, the 10th player Green Bay has selected out of the University of Kentucky and the first offensive lineman since T Bob Gain (first round) in 1951.
• Won the 2020 Paul Hornung Award, chosen by the Louisville Quarterback Club, as the top high school player in Kentucky, becoming only the third offensive lineman to win the award.

Career Highlights:

• Selected by the Packers in the fifth round (No. 153 overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft, the 10th player Green Bay has selected out of the University of Kentucky and the first offensive lineman since T Bob Gain (first round) in 1951.
• During his collegiate career, started 23 games at left guard, 15 games at center and nine contests at right guard.
• Earned third-team All-SEC honors from the Pro Football and Sports Network in 2025.
• Part of a line in 2023 that blocked for RB Ray Davis, who set the single-season school records for total TDs (21, led the SEC) and points scored (126), and finished No. 4 in the conference with 1,178 rushing yards.
• In 2022, was selected by the coaches for the SEC All-Freshman Team, becoming the first Wildcat offensive linemen to earn the honor since Logan Stenberg in 2016.
• Was part of teams that made a bowl game in each of his first three seasons.
• Graduated with degrees in communication and sports leadership.

2025 SEASON: Started all 12 games at C, earning third-team All-SEC honors from the Pro Football and Sports Network…Was named one of four game captains for four contests (Toledo, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech and at Louisville)…Led the team with 158 blocks at the point of attack…Graded at 98 percent for his assignment and 85 percent for technique…Surrendered just 1½ sacks, only nine total pressures and two penalties in a team-high-tying 830 snaps…Registered 23 knockdown blocks…Participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl…Provided protection for QB Cutter Boley, who set the school record for most TD passes against SEC opponents (12), breaking the mark set by QB Jared Lorenzen (11) in 2000…Blocked for a team that began the season with 170-plus rushing yards and multiple rushing TDs in each of the first three games, the first time the Wildcats had accomplished that feat since 2010…Vs. Toledo (Aug. 30): Blocked for RB Dante Dowdell, who rushed for a career-best 129 yards on 14 carries (9.2 avg.), including a career-long 79-yard TD. It was the most rushing yards for a UK player in the season opener since Stanley "Boom" Williams ran for 135 yards against Louisiana Lafayette in 2015…Vs. Eastern Michigan (Sept. 13): Part of a line that helped the Wildcats record a season-high 252 yards and four TDs on 46 carries (5.5 avg.)…Vs. Tennessee (Oct. 25): Helped protect Boley as he threw for a career-high 330 yards and a career-best five TDs on 26-of-35 passing (74.3 pct.) as the line allowed only one sack…Vs. Florida (Nov. 8): Blocked for Dowdell, who rushed for 104 yards on seven carries (14.8 avg.), including a 65-yard TD.

2024 SEASON: Started all 10 contests he played in at LG, missing two contests due to injury…Graded at 99 percent for his assignment and 76 percent for technique…Totaled 46 blocks at the point of attack and recorded five knockdown blocks…Helped pave the way for an offense that posted 130-plus rushing yards in seven of the 10 contests he played in…Vs. Southern Miss (Aug. 31): Helped the Wildcats average a season-best 6.2 yards per carry and a season-high 7.5 yards per play…At Ole Miss (Sept. 28): Blocked for QB Brock Vandagriff, who completed a career-high 18 of 28 passes for a career-best 243 yards as the Wildcats upset the No. 6-ranked Rebels for their first win in Oxford since 1978...Vs. Murray State (Nov. 16): Part of a line that helped the Wildcats register season highs for points scored (48), first downs (32), total offense (582), rushing yards (269), passing yards (313) and passing TDs (four). It marked the most points UK had scored at home since tallying 56 against New Mexico State in 2021.

2023 SEASON: Started all 12 games he played in, missing one due to injury…Opened the first three games at C and the other nine contests at RG…Blocked for Davis, who set single-season school records for total TDs (21, led the SEC) and points scored (126), and finished No. 4 in the conference with 1,178 rushing yards…At Vanderbilt (Sept. 23): Part of an offense that helped the Wildcats score 45 points, the most UK had scored against the Commodores since 2005 (48)…Vs. Florida (Sept. 30): Helped pave the way for the Wildcats' season-best 329 yards and three TDs on 36 carries (9.1 avg.). Blocked for Davis as he registered a career-best 280 rushing yards, the third most in a game in program history. It was the third straight victory for the Wildcats against the Gators, marking the longest streak since a four-game winning streak for UK over Florida from 1948-51…Vs. Tennessee (Oct. 28): Helped protect QB Devin Leary as he threw for a season-high 372 yards and two TDs with no INTs on 28-of-39 passing as the line allowed only one sack…At Louisville (Nov. 25): Blocked for Davis, who rushed for 76 yards on 14 carries (5.4 avg.), including a 37-yard game-winning TD with 1:31 left.

2022 SEASON: Started all 13 contests at LG and was selected by the coaches to the SEC All-Freshman Team, becoming the first Wildcat offensive lineman to earn the honor since Stenberg in 2016…Vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 17): Helped provide time for QB Will Levis to set season highs in completions (27) and passing yards (377) as he completed 77.1 percent of his passes (27 of 35), the highest single-game completion percentage for a Wildcat (min. 35 pass attempts) since Dusty Bonner in 1999 (34 of 40,  85.0 pct.)…Vs. Northern Illinois (Sept. 24): Blocked for Levis as he threw for 303 yards and a season-high four TD passes, making him the first UK quarterback with back-to-back 300-yard passing games since Patrick Towles in 2015. Levis became the first UK quarterback with three-plus passing TDs of 40-plus yards in the same game since Drew Barker against Southern Mississippi in 2016…Vs. Mississippi State (Oct. 15): Blocked for an offense that registered a season-high 239 rushing yards on 49 carries (4.9 avg.) with RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. posting a season-best 197 yards and two TDs on 31 carries (6.4 avg.)…Vs. Vanderbilt (Nov. 12): Part of an offense that rushed for 213 yards and two TDs on 31 carries, averaging a season-best 6.9 yards per carry.

2021 SEASON: Redshirted after playing in four games (vs. ULM, vs. New Mexico State, at Louisville and vs. Iowa).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at offensive tackle and defensive end at Fredrick Douglass High School (Lexington, Ky.), helping the team to a 44-6 overall record (.880)… Won the 2020 Paul Hornung Award, chosen by the Louisville Quarterback Club, as the top high school player in Kentucky, becoming only the third offensive lineman to win the award…Named co-Mr. Football in the state of Kentucky in 2020 by The Associated Press, becoming the first Lexington player and the first offensive lineman to take the honor since its inception in 1986…Selected to the All-American Bowl, held annually in San Antonio, Texas…Helped Frederick Douglass finish 7-2 as a senior, reaching the Class 5A state semifinals…Anchored a line that helped the Broncos average 38.7 points and 323.0 yards per game…As a defensive lineman, registered a 33-yard interception return for a TD…Earned first-team all-state honors from AP, the Louisville Courier-Journal and Kentucky Sports Radio…Named to the Lexington Herald-Leader "Class of the Commonwealth" list of the top seniors in the state…Named a finalist for the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America team…As a junior, helped lead the Broncos to a 14-1 record and state runner-up finish in Class AAAAA, earning first-team all-state recognition from the Courier-Journal in 2019…Also lettered one season as a midfielder in lacrosse…Earned a spot on the academic honor roll.

PERSONAL: Given name Camden Jager Burton…First name is pronounced jagger…Born in Lexington, Ky. ...Nickname is "Moose"...His father, Jeff, played football at Morehead State…Helped organize, pack and deliver supplies to London and Somerset, Ky., for the Tornado Relief Drive in May 2025…Volunteered to pack food for God's Pantry in June 2025…Participated in a bowling event with Big Brothers Big Sisters in 2024.