Rudy Burgess
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Rudolph Donnavon Burgess (born September 19, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York) is a college football player attending the Arizona State University (ASU).
[edit] High School Career
Burgess grew up in Edwards, California and attended Desert High School, where he excelled at football and track and was rated the no. 91 football player in the Farwest (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington) by SuperPrep Magazine. Rudy and fellow star team mates Jason Napoleon and Aaron Briesmaster led the Scorpions, coached by Joel Sweitzer, to an undefeated pre-league and league season, taking the High Desert League title in 2002. Running behind an undersized, but very quick, effective and skilled offensive line, consisting of three sophomores (Derek Schingledecker, James "Zim" Zimmerman, and Josh "Braska" McDonald) and two seniors (Damien Smith and Waymon Hawthorne), Rudy Burgess set school records in both rushing and receiving yards and touchdowns. The team went into the Division XII Southern Section CIF Championship with an undefeated (13-0) record to face Ontario Christian High School. The game was originally supposed to be played at Desert High school, but Ontario Christian demanded that it be played at their home field, instead of compromising for a neutral location. The Scorpions did not, however, come out on top. After shady referees called a pitiful game clearly favoring OC, DHS lost 26-19. His unmatched abilities and pure skill made Rudy stand out above every other football player in the Antelope Valley. Due to this, he received full scholarship offers from, atleast, Washington State University, Oregon University, and Arizona State University.
[edit] College career
Burgess plays wide receiver, running back/tailback, cornerback, and punt and kickoff returner for the team. As a sophomore, he was the only player in the nation to accumulate more than 600 yards both rushing and receiving, has averaged 4.7 yards-per-carry and 11.1 yards per reception in his career, and has totaled 2,681 all-purpose yards, averaging 111.7 per game. Rudy scored the winning touchdown in 2 bowl games in 2005 and 2006.
