Antonio Burks (born 30 May 1982) is an American professional basketball player who played for the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada. He was born in Texarkana, Arkansas. Burks is a and guard-forward. Member of Omega Psi Phi. Burks now is a coach and assistant principal for the Rice Independent School District in Rice, Texas.
College career Burks played at Arkansas High School, Jacksonville College, Moberly Area Community College and Stephen F. Austin State University.
A highlight of Burks's college career came on February 25, 2004, when as a member of the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, he scored 35 points, including 7 three-pointers, to go along with 12 reboundsStephen F. Austin Lumberjacks vs. Lamar Cardinals – Recap – February 25, 2004 – ESPN in a 63–60 win over Lamar University.
College statistics
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| SFA | 28 ||3 ||18.8 || .490 || .429 || .550|| 3.46 ||1.00 || 0.46|| 0.04 || 9.14 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| SFA | 30 ||30 ||30.1 || .493 || .476 || .756|| 4.53 ||1.37 || 0.50|| 0.13 || 15.30 |- |- class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
!58 ||33 || 24.6 ||.492 || .459 ||.689 || 4.02 ||1.19 || 0.48 ||0.09 || 12.33
Professional career Burks was the first player ever that Vermont Frost Heaves signed.Long and limber He was re-signed by the team on August 21, 2007.Frost Heaves re-sign Burks He also played professionally in Norway.
On November 27, 2011, it was announced that the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada had signed Burks to their active roster.
Career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 2008–09 | align="left" | Niigata |32 ||27 || 24.7 ||.412 || .384 ||.700 || 4.6 || 1.6 || 0.6 ||0.2 ||13.0 |- | align="left" | 2009–10 | align="left" | Niigata |52 ||39 || 25.7 ||.422 || .399 ||.734 || 6.2 || 1.9 || 1.1 ||0.3 ||13.1 |- | align="left" | 2010–11 | align="left" | Akita |47 ||11 || 21.0 ||.418 || .392 ||.694 || 3.4 || 1.3 || 0.4 ||0.1 ||10.9 |- | align="left" | 2011–12 | align="left" | Saint John |30 ||2 || 19.2 ||.437 || .415 ||.625 ||2.33 || 1.60 || 0.37 ||0.07 ||8.30 |- | align="left" | 2012–13 | align="left" | Saint John |43 ||8 || 19.3 ||.421 || .446 ||.682 ||2.23 || 1.09 || 0.28 ||0.14 ||9.60
Playoffs
|style="text-align:left;"|2010–11 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || || 9.5 || .333 || .200 || .000 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2011–12 |style="text-align:left;"|Saint John | 2 || || 23.0 || .154 || .125 || .000 || 3.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2012–13 |style="text-align:left;"|Saint John | 3 || || 22.0 || .258 || .333 || .000 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 8.0
Notes
External links Antonio Burks' profile at the Official Athletic Website of Stephen F. Austin State University usbasket.com