Sports 17 March 2025

Bengals sign Oren Burks 

The Bengals today signed unrestricted free agent LB Oren Burks to a two-year contract through the 2026 season.

Burks (6-3, 233), an eighth-year player out of Vanderbilt University, originally was a third-round draft pick of Green Bay in 2018. He spent four seasons with the Packers (2018-21), two with San Francisco (’22-23) and one with Philadelphia (’24). He has played in 108 regular-season games with 17 starts, and totaled 161 tackles, eight TFLs, two sacks, three PDs, one INT, four FFs and two FRs.

Burks also has played in 15 career postseason games with four starts, and recorded 36 tackles, three TFLs, one sack, one PD and two FFs. He started three games for Philadelphia this past postseason to help the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX.

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