#3 Markus Burton Men's Basketball Roster

Career Honors

• 2024 ACC Rookie of the Year – Program’s 3rd Rookie of the Year and 1st from the ACC
• 2024 Third Team All-ACC
• 2024 ACC All-Freshman Team
• 2023 Legends Classic All-Tournament Team
• 4-time ACC Rookie of the Week – ND record (Jan. 2, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 4)

As a Freshman (2023-24)

• His 17.5 ppg led all ACC freshmen. Ranked 3rd nationally amongst DI freshmen
• Burton’s 577 points set a new ND freshman scoring record, surpassing the previous holder Troy Murphy and his 519 points (1998-99). Burton’s 17.5 ppg ranked 3rd all-time for a freshman behind Troy Murphy (19.2) and Adrian Dantley (18.3)
• Only rookie in the country who averaged at least 17 points, 4 assists and 1.9 steals. In fact, he’s just 1-of-2 P5 players (other is Syracuse’s Judah Mintz)
• ACC freshman rankings: 1st in points/game, 2nd in assists/game, 1st in steals/game
• ACC play rankings: 17.5 points (6th), 2.2 steals (1st), 4.8 assists (3rd).
• 63 steals – tied Jerian Grant for 3rd most in an ND season. His 1.9 spg tied for 5th in a single season
• Overall rankings: 6th in the ACC in scoring (17.5), 5th in Assists (4.3), 5th in Steals (1.9), 8th in FT% (.821)
• Burton averaged the 2nd most points in the ACC since Feb. 24 to the end of the season. He averaged 22.1 ppg in that span, second to just Syracuse’s Judah Mintz and his 22.4 ppg. Burton produced a whopping 6 20+ point games in that span, with one of 30+
• Over 2 ACC Tournament games: 42 total points on a combined 12-for-31 shooting from the field. 11 total assists
• Dished out 95 assists in ACC play – ranked as the 4th most by an ND player
• Burton and Shrewsberry became the 9th ACC freshmen duo in league history to rank No. 1 and 2 for their team in scoring come season’s end
• Career high 31 points in the win over Wake Forest on Feb. 27. Dropped 19 in the first half. Career high 11-for-11 from the free-throw line. Now 1-of-4 freshmen in program history to record a 30-point game: Troy Murphy, Chris Thomas and Adrian Dantley.
• Double-digit points in all but 3 games.
• 2nd half surge – 13 times this season Burton scored double-digit points in the second half alone, including a high of 20 at Syracuse (2/24). Burton is averaging a team best 8.8 points in the 2nd half.
• Stat line vs. Virginia Tech (2/10) – 16 points, eight assists and six steals, as the latter tied for the 3rd most steals in a single game in program history.
• Since 1996, only one other Irish player had produced two games in the same regular season with at least 15 points, 5 assists and 5 steals. His name was Chris Thomas back in the 2001-02 season. Burton has not only achieved this feat but did it in back-to-back games.
• Averaged 18.1 points at home, shooting 44.5 percent.
• First visit to Cameron Indoor – team best 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting, plus 4 assists.
• Set the program record for most points in a freshman debut, pouring in 29 to lift the Irish to a 70-63 win over Niagara. Laphonso Ellis previously held the record with 27 set back in 1988. Burton took over the end of the Niagara game – from 8:38-2:20 in the second half, Burton recorded 16 points on 6-for-6 shooting.
• Took over the end of the Oklahoma State win scoring 16 of his team-high 20 points in the second half plus overtime (10 in 2H + 6 in OT). Was later named to the Legends Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.0 points over the two games.

Prep

• 2023 Indiana Mr. Basketball
  • The other two Notre Dame/Indiana Mr. Basketballs were Chris Thomas in 2001 and Luke Zeller in 2005.
• 2023 Associated Press Boys Basketball First Team All-State
• Finished No. 20 all-time in scoring in Indiana
• Totaled both a school and St. Joseph county record 2,273 points. He also accumulated 533 rebounds, 512 assists and 329 steals.
• 2023 AP first-team All-State
• 2023 IBCA Senior Supreme 15
• Averaged a state-best 30.3 points per game, along with 5.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.6 steals, while shooting 58.2 percent from the floor and 42.5 percent from deep
• Secured the school single-season scoring record by pouring in 909 points as a senior
• Ultimately led Penn to a 28-2 record and Semi-State Runner-Up finish in the 2022-23 season
• Overall, Burton went 74-31 over four seasons at Penn
• 2022 AP third-team All-State
• 2022 IBCA Underclass Supreme 15
• 2021 IBCA Large School All-State
• Named the NIC’s most valuable player in 2022 and 2023 after earning honorable mention all-NIC accolades in 2021.

Personal

• Parents are Michelle Taylor and Markus Burton
• Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan
• Wants to open a shoe store when he gets older