| Joe Burrow | |
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 Burrow during a Bengals game in Oct 2022. | |
| No. 9 – Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Quarterback | |
| Born: December 10 1996 Ames, Iowa | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 215 lb (98 kg) |
| NFL debut | |
| 2020 for the Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Career information | |
| High school: Athens (OH) | |
| College: Ohio State (2015-2017) LSU (2018-2019) | |
| NFL Draft: 2020; Rnd: 1 / Pick: 1st by the Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Teams | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Player stats: NFL.com PFR | |
Joe Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback currently playing for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. Burrow played college football at LSU where he led the Tigers to a National Championship, and won the Heisman Trophy. He was selected first overall pick by the Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft. He then signed his rookie deal with the Bengals which earned him $36.1 million for 4 years.
After starting his college football career as a backup at Ohio State, he transferred to LSU in 2018, where he became the starter and eventually led LSU to the National Championship in 2019. Burrow passed for over 5,600 yards with 60 touchdowns that season, the latter being the most in a single season in NCAA FBS history. He won several awards and honors for his performance, including the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award. Many journalists and sportswriters deemed the season to be one of the greatest ever by a college quarterback. He was selected first overall by the Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Early years[]
Born Joseph Lee Burrow in Ames, Iowa on December 10, 1996,[1][2][3] he is the son of Robin and former Nebraska Cornhuskers, NFL, and CFL player Jim Burrow, who went on to a coaching career that lasted nearly 40 years.[4] The elder Burrow, whose last coaching position was defensive coordinator for the Ohio Bobcats for more than a decade, retired after the 2018 season in part to be able to see all of Joe's games in his final college season. Burrow was born in Ames, while his father was on the staff for the Iowa State Cyclones.[5] According to a 2019 Sports Illustrated story, "The Burrow athletic lineage dates back nearly a century." In the 1940s, one of his grandmothers set a Mississippi state high school record with an 82-point game in basketball. His paternal grandfather played basketball at Mississippi State; his uncle, John Burrow, played football at Ole Miss; and two older brothers also played football at Nebraska.[6]
He attended the 2002 Rose Bowl at age six, as his father was an assistant coach for Nebraska. Not long after, he began playing in youth football leagues. Unlike his father, uncle, and brothers, who all played on defense, Burrow started out as a quarterback, because his first youth team had no one else who could play the position.[6] The Burrow family moved to Fargo, North Dakota, in 2003 when his father was hired as the defensive coordinator for the North Dakota State Bison. One day while visiting the office, future Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos commented that the seven year old had a future in football.[7] The Burrows spent two years in Fargo before Jimmy accepted the defensive coordinator position at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Burrow attended Athens High School (2011–14) in The Plains, Ohio, leading the school to three straight playoff appearances and the school's first seven playoff victories in school history.[8] During his career, he passed for 11,416 yards with 157 passing touchdowns and rushed for 2,067 yards with 27 rushing touchdowns.[9] He was awarded the state's Mr. Football Award and Gatorade Player of the Year award as a senior in 2014. He and his Bulldog teammates went 14–1 that season. He was also a standout basketball player, and was named first-team all-state at point guard his senior year.[8] Burrow was rated as a four-star football recruit, and was the eighth-highest ranked dual-threat quarterback in the class of 2015 according to the 247Sports Composite.[10] He committed to Ohio State to play football on May 27, 2014.[11][12]
In December 2019, the Athens City School District school board unanimously approved a measure to rename the school's football stadium in honor of Burrow.[13]
References[]
- ↑ 2018 Spring Commencement program. The Ohio State University.
- ↑ Peterson, Randy. Peterson: Heisman Trophy front-runner Joe Burrow will be forever linked to Ames and that house on McKinley Drive.
- ↑ Joe Burrow.
- ↑ Clark, Dave. Robin Burrow on Joe not wanting Bengals to draft him: 'No idea where that comes from'.
- ↑ Peterson, Randy (September 8, 2019). Peterson's Big 12 picks: Ames roots run deep in NCAA football's biggest Week 2 game.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dellenger, Ross (July 15, 2019). Meet Joe Burrow: LSU's Toughest Renaissance Man and Maybe Savior at QB.
- ↑ Kolpack, Jeff (December 12, 2019). Kolpack: Heisman Trophy favorite has roots with Bison football, Fargo elementary school (in en).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Joe Burrow Bio. LSU Tigers Athletics.
- ↑ Mickles, Sheldon (June 1, 2018). Ultimate competitor: Joe Burrow's work ethic, storied high school career could bode well for LSU.
- ↑ Joe Burrow, Athens, Dual-Threat Quarterback.
- ↑ Lesmerises, Doug (May 27, 2014). Ohio State lands pledge from Joe Burrow, 3-star QB from Athens, Ohio: Buckeyes recruiting.
- ↑ QB Joe Burrow commits to Ohio State. Black Press (May 27, 2014).
- ↑ Joe Burrow Stadium: LSU QB's high school to name football stadium after him (in en) (December 19, 2019).
External links[]
- Joe Burrow article at Wikipedia
