2022-23 (Illinois State)

He played in 31 games during the season with 28 starts. He scored in double-figures 23 times during the season, with five games of 20+ points (13th-most in the MVC). He averaged a team-best 12.9 points per game, while pulling down 3.7 rebounds per game and dishing out 2.5 assists per contest. His scoring averaged ranked 14th in the MVC, while his field goal percentage (.480) was eighth. he made 81.6 percent of his free throws during the year, which was the seventh-best total in the MVC. His .480 field goal percentage for the season (155-of-323) is the 134th-best field goal percentage in the country during the season, and the fourth-best in the country among players 6-0 and shorter based on the NCAA statistical minimums for the season. He twice scored 23 points in a game - his season-high - against bothy Valparaiso on January 21 and at Indiana State on February 18. He scored in double-figures in 15 of his last 16 games of the season. Twice he dished out a season-high six assists - on January 7 at Evansville and on February 15 against Murray State. During the season he had 14 games with at least three assists, including a five times in his last eight games. Had two games with eight rebounds during the season, the first on December 4 at home against Belmont and the second on February 22 at Drake. Made a season-high 10 field goals on February 18 at Indiana State. 

2021-22 (Elon)

Last season with Elon, Burford was named third-team All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), a season after being named to the CAA All-Rookie Team. He led the team in scoring, assists, and steals, averaging 13.4 points per game with 97 assists and 47 steals. Both his assist average and steals per game average were eighth best in the CAA, his scoring average was ninth best in the CAA, while his field goal percentage (170-of-375 – 45.3 percent) was third best among qualifiers.  He also had the sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the conference (1.28). Burford, a 6-0 guard from Bolingbrook, Illinois, had 20 games last season with at least 10 points, including seven games of 20 or more points. His career-high came on February 19 with 31 points against Drexel. He had at least three assists in 21 games and had a season-high eight against William & Mary, a game in which he also scored 20 points. He pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds against Bluefield College, while snagging at least six rebounds on six occasions. He earned CAA Player of the Week honors on January 3.

2020-21 (Elon)

As a freshman he averaged 8.9 points per game with 25 assists and a team-high 27 steals in 19 games on the season with 11 starts. He scored in double-figures seven times, including scoring a season-high 27 points against William & Mary, one of two 20-point scoring efforts on the season. Over his last 11 games of the season, he averaged 13 points per game, and he had six games of five or more rebounds and four games with three or more assists. He twice earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors during his freshman season and ranked sixth in the CAA in steals per game (1.4).

HIGH SCHOOL

At Bolingbrook High School, Burford was a top-20 player in Illinois' 2020 class by the Hoops Report and Prep Hoops Illinois. He helped lead Bolingbrook to Conference, Regional, and Sectional titles and was named First Team All-Tournament at both the Decatur Turkey Tournament and the Kingdom of the Sun Holiday Classic in 2018. He was an IBCA All-State honoree as a junior.