Wide receiver Deontay Burnett announced his intentions enter the 2018 NFL Draft on Monday, leaving USC Football after his junior season.

After Sam Darnold and Ronald Jones revealed their decisions to go pro last week, USC wide receiver Deontay Burnett joined them in the 2018 NFL Draft pool on Monday afternoon.

Burnett is the sixth Trojan receiver in the last six years to leave early, following Robert Woods, Marqise Lee, Nelson Agholor, George Farmer and JuJu Smith-Schuster. He ranks as the seventh-ranked receiver in the draft class per NFLDraftScout.com, while Walter Football pegs him 17th among wideouts.

A wiry 6-foot, 170-pounder, Burnett projects as a slot receiver and could be a high-volume target in the right offense at the NFL level.

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The junior receiver put together a strong 2017 campaign, leading USC with 86 catches, the ninth-most in school history. His 152 career receptions ranks him 14th on the Trojans’ all-time passing catching list, ahead of notable playmakers like Ronald Johnson, Damian Williams and Darreus Rogers.

Burnett’s legacy will forever be tied to his three-touchdown performance in USC’s 2017 Rose Bowl win over Penn State. He amassed a career-high 13 catches for 164 yards, including hauling in a miraculous game-tying score from quarterback Sam Darnold with 1:20 left to erase what was a 15-point deficit.

The soon-to-be Projan signed with the Trojans as a blueshirt recruit out of Gardena’s Serra High School in the 2015 class, picking USC over the likes of Michigan and Washington State on Signing Day.

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Without Burnett on the roster, Troy will now look to get an uptick in production from rising youngsters Tyler Vaughns and Michael Pittman. The second-year duo helped form a deep receiver corps by season’s end and should leave USC in good hands.