Hometown Hero Stonka Burnside Choses Home Over Ole Miss: ESPN #10 Top Athlete in the Country Stays Home

Don't let his handsome looks or angel looking smile fool you. He's an absolute beast!

ESPN #10 Top Athlete in the Country, Braylon Stonka Burnside has finally decided where he's going to play college football and the decision was hard. Stonka decided made his decision live on ESPN before millions of sports fans during the Under Armor All American Game in Florida.

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Stonka chose to stay home and play as a Mississippi State Bulldog instead of going to Oxford and playing at Ole Miss. Stonka is also considered Starkville, MS "Hometown Hero" which impacted his decision as family means everything to him.

He's not just ranked by ESPN one of the top athletes in the country, he has the hardware to prove it. He's also:

• Cricket Wireless MVP of the Mississippi vs Alabama Allstar Game

• Mississippi's Receiver of the Year '23

• Mississippi's 7a Athlete of the Year

• Mississippi's 7a District Receiver of the Year

• Mississippi All-Star Team 2023

• Starkville State Championship Runner-Up 2023

• ESPN Ranked #10 Top Athlete in the Country

• ESPN Ranked #5 Top Mississippi Recruit

• ESPN 300 (2024)

• 4 Star Recruit Ranked by 247 Sports

Simply put, he's dangerous whether on he's on offense or defense. On offense, he's always open 90% of the time, making impossible catches seem easy or at the least routine.

He's extremely difficult to stop once the ball is in his hands, raking up yards after the catch like leaves fallen off an oak tree. He shake defenders like their his personal bag of skittles. He's extremely talented.

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On defense, he's anyone with the ball worse nightmare. He's so powerful, he leaves offensive players feeling like they've been hit by a freight train. That's if the receiver is lucky to be able to catch the ball. He's the very definition of a two way player.

He's one of the most talented players in the history of high school sports. He's sure not only to go to the NFL within a year or two at most, he's also a first round ballot in the National High School Hall of Fame.