Jeff Burris
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position: | Cornerbacks coach | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | June 6, 1972 Northwestern (Rock Hill, South Carolina) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| As a player: | |||||||||||||
| As a coach: | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||||
Jeffrey Lamar Burris (born June 6, 1972) is an
Early years
Burris was born in
College career
While attending the University of Notre Dame, Burris played for the
Professional career
The Buffalo Bills selected Burris in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft.[4] He played for the Bills from 1994 to 1997.[5]
In his ten-year career, Burris played in 144 regular season games, started 119 of them, compiling 529 tackles, and 19 interceptions for 302 return yards and two touchdowns.[5]
Coaching career
Burris began his coaching career in 2007 at
Burris joined the
On March 5, 2012, Burris was announced as the cornerbacks coach for the UMass Minutemen, working under new head coach Charley Molnar. He coached the Minutemen for the 2012 season.
In 2013 it was announced that Burris would become the assistant defensive backs coach and defensive quality control coach for the Miami Dolphins.
In 2016, it was announced that he would join the
After leaving his alma mater, Burris spent the 2017 season coaching defensive backs at the Northern Iowa.
In the spring of 2018, Burris was hired by Skip Holtz as the Cornerbacks Coach at Louisiana Tech.
References
- ^ a b Former Irish All-American Jeff Burris Hired As Defensive Analyst
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Jeff Burris. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Jeff Burris Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Jeff Burris. Retrieved February 12, 2012.