OU football players Deion Burks, Makari Vickers arrested 2 weeks apart

Oklahoma football receiver Deion Burks is facing a criminal misdemeanor charge in Cleveland County District Court.

Burks, 21, was charged Tuesday with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, transporting an open container of alcohol and speeding.

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Per the affidavit, Burks was pulled over for speeding after passing an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper on the right around 2:40 a.m. June 1 near Indian Hills Road and Interstate 35 in Norman. The trooper reported Burks was changing lanes abruptly without signaling and was driving around 25 miles per hour over the speed limit.

The trooper then noticed an empty bottle of tequila in Burks’ passenger floorboard, according to the affidavit. Burks also admitted to consuming two shots of liquor at a nightclub, telling the trooper he was “just trying to get home,” according to the affidavit. He was arrested at 2:54 a.m.

Burks later was administered a breathalyzer test, which revealed he was over the legal limit of blood alcohol content, according to the affidavit.

No attorney was listed for him yet on the Oklahoma State Courts Network.

News of Burks’ arrest came Wednesday, the same day Sooners teammate Makari Vickers was also arrested, which was first reported by AllSooners and later confirmed by multiple outlets. Vickers, 19, was suspected of being an intoxicated driver, according to a university police incident report.

Burks, expected to be one of the top transfer additions in the nation this season, caught five passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns with the first-team offense in Oklahoma’s spring game on April 20. The first-year transfer from Purdue caught 47 passes for 629 yards and seven touchdowns for the Boilermakers last season as a redshirt sophomore.

247Sports rated Burks the No. 48 overall player and No. 8 receiver in the 2024 transfer portal class. He’s expected to fill the void left by Drake Stoops, who led the teams in receptions (84) and receiving yards (962) last season.