Freshman year (2006–2007)

Burroughs earned his starting spot midway through the season and placed third at the Big 12 Championships, earning a place at the NCAA Championships at 149 pounds. He went 1-2 at the tournament. He lost his first match to the #1 seed Dustin Schlatter of Minnesota 3-1. Burroughs stayed alive with a 8-2 win over Matt Dunn of Columbia, but lost the next match to the #2 seed Matt Storniolo of Oklahoma in an overtime thriller and was eliminated from the tournament.

Sophomore year (2007–2008)

Burroughs won his first Big 12 Title with a technical fall over Will Rowe of Oklahoma and major decision over Mitch Mueller of Iowa State, winning Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet. At the NCAA Championships Burroughs posted a 5-1 record, losing only to 2x National Champion Brent Metcalf, earning a 3rd place All-American finish at 149 pounds and finishing the season 34-6.

Junior year (2008–2009)

Burroughs broke his school's record for takedowns with 117 takedowns in 19 dual meets. Burroughs showed total domination throughout the whole year with 15 major decisions, five technical falls, two pins, and 17 wins over ranked opponents. He won his second Big 12 title. During the Las Vegas tournament, he beat returning NCAA champion Jordan Leen in the finals, winning outstanding wrestler of the tournament. At the NCAA tournament, he continued to show dominance at the highest level, tech falling his first opponent, pinning the second, and majoring the final two (Cyler Sanderson and Gregor Gillespie) on his way to the finals where he faced the undefeated Mike Poeta of Illinois. Burroughs won the match with a 5-1 decision and captured his first NCAA title at 157 pounds.

2009-2010 Burroughs was 7-0 going into a dual meet against Steve Brown of Central Michigan where he was injured, ending his season and forcing Burrroughs to take a medical redshirt year due to his tearing of his left PCL and LCL.

Senior year (2010–2011)

Burroughs returned from his surgery bigger and stronger, bumping up to wrestle 165 pounds and finishing a perfect regular season. He had a streak of 17 matches where he earned bonus points that was only broken by a match against the returning national champion, Andrew Howe of Wisconsin, that he won by a 10-7 decision in the Midlands finals. Burroughs won his third Big 12 title against Oklahoma's Tyler Caldwell after a thrilling decision. Burroughs entered the NCAA tournament as the number one seed and had a tech fall win in his first match followed by an injury default over Justin Lister of Binghamton in a match that Burroughs was winning 15-4. He majored his next three opponents en route to his second national championship and second undefeated season. He won the Hodge Trophy for his season, wrestling's equivalent of the Heisman trophy, awarded each year to the nation's most dominant wrestler.