Oren Burks holds the WLB · Backup spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Oren Burks played 17 games in 2025 with a 32% snap share.

Oren Burks is a 6'3", 233-pound weak-side linebacker entering his ninth NFL season. The Vanderbilt product was selected 88th overall in the third round of the 2018 draft by Green Bay, where he spent four seasons before moving to San Francisco (2022-23). After Philadelphia's Super Bowl LIX championship run in 2024, Burks signed with Cincinnati as an unrestricted free agent in March 2025. In his first year with the Bengals, he appeared in all 17 games with nine starts, recording 34 defensive tackles, one pass deflection, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and 14 special-teams tackles.

Vanderbiltthrough 2017

Packers2018 – 2021

49ers2022 – 2023

Eagles2024

Bengals2025 — present

CollegeVanderbiltDraftRound 3 · No. 88 overall · 2018 · GBAcquiredAcquired from Green Bay Packers · drafted thereHometownFairfax Station, VA