Bengals bust Jermaine Burton is getting a chance with an AFC rival

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Jermaine Burton didn't work out in Cincinnati.

The Bengals never came close to getting the contribution they would've hoped for out of their former third-round pick, and he was waived by Cincy late in the 2025 season.

Now, he's getting another chance, albeit a small one.

The Buffalo Bills have invited Burton to their rookie minicamp, despite him very much not being a rookie. They simply want to get a look at him, with the news reported this week by NFL insider Jordan Schultz.

Burton was healthy for most of the 2025 season but was consistently inactive anyway, not playing a single regular season snap.

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The news had come out a day before he was waived that Burton had been suspended for a violation of team conduct policies. It never became more specific what had caused that, but clearly his ending with the Bengals wasn't a good one.

Burton is still just 24 years old, and he was expected to grow into a talented target for Joe Burrow after being picked out of Alabama.