University of Memphis Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Burden, Cam

Jersey Number 8
Cam Burden
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sevierville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Alcoa HS
- Prev School:
- Charlotte
Bio
2021-2024 (at Charlotte)
• Ranked second on the squad with 63 total tackles in 2024, including 1.5 tackles for loss … Broke up a pair of passes and recorded an interception vs. South Florida (11/16/24) … Tied a season high with five solo stops vs. Memphis (10/26/24), also contributing half a tackle for loss
• Played in 11 games and recorded six tackles as a redshirt sophomore in 2023
• Appeared in six games and made one start as a redshirt freshman in 2022 – making his first collegiate start vs. William & Mary … Played in the first three and the final three games of the season after missing the middle six due to injury … Recorded eight tackles and one tackle for loss
• Played in the 2021 season’s final three games, preserving his redshirt season
Prior to Memphis/Personal
• Two-time 3A State Champion at Alcoa H.S. in Tennessee, with both games being shutouts
• Won the 2020 state title with a 35-0 over Milan after being named the Championship Game MVP in 2019 in a 27-0 shutout of Pearl-Cohn
• Spent two years before Alcoa at Sevier County High as a QB
• Father played football and Carson-Newman and was the Championship Game MVP for Sevier County's 1999 State Championship, 20 years before Cam's own MVP game
• Parents are PJ and Keisha Burden … Has two siblings, Brycen and Kaliyah
• Played in 11 games and recorded six tackles as a redshirt sophomore in 2023
• Appeared in six games and made one start as a redshirt freshman in 2022 – making his first collegiate start vs. William & Mary … Played in the first three and the final three games of the season after missing the middle six due to injury … Recorded eight tackles and one tackle for loss
• Played in the 2021 season’s final three games, preserving his redshirt season
Prior to Memphis/Personal
• Won the 2020 state title with a 35-0 over Milan after being named the Championship Game MVP in 2019 in a 27-0 shutout of Pearl-Cohn
• Spent two years before Alcoa at Sevier County High as a QB
• Father played football and Carson-Newman and was the Championship Game MVP for Sevier County's 1999 State Championship, 20 years before Cam's own MVP game
• Parents are PJ and Keisha Burden … Has two siblings, Brycen and Kaliyah
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