Joe Burnett

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Joe Burnett

No. 22 Edmonton Eskimos

Cornerback / Kick Returner

Personal information

Date of birth: November 28, 1986

Place of birth: Eustis, Florida

Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)

Career information

College: UCF

NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 5 / Pick: 168

Debuted in 2009 for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Career history

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

AFC Champion (2010)
Edmonton Eskimos Record:
- Longest Interception Return (108) - July 20, 2012

Joe Burnett (born November 28, 1986 in Eustis, Florida) is a CFL cornerback who currently plays for the Edmonton Eskimos.^[1] He played college football for the UCF Knights and high school football at Eustis High School in Eustis. Burnett has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

College career

A record setting cornerback and returner for the University of Central Florida who was named a first-team All-American as a senior in 2008, helped UCF to its first two bowl berths (2005 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl) and the school's first ever conference championship in 2007. He earned a total of eight career All-Conference USA honors, including a four-year sweep of the first-team punt returner award. He was named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year as a senior. He graduated in 19th place for most career punt return yards in NCAA history with 1,304. That sum is both a UCF and Conference USA record. He set the UCF record, and ranked second in C-USA history with 16 career interceptions. He also set UCF career records for most punt returns (96) and the most interception return yards (262) while tying the mark for most punt return touchdowns (3). He played in 49 career games with 46 starts. He amassed 221 career tackles (172) including 12 TFLs. He had 16 career interceptions and broke up 35 others. He also returned 96 punts for 1,304 yards (13.6 avg.) with three touchdowns and returned 26 kickoffs for 745 yards (28.7 avg.) and a pair of scored. He received his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in December, 2008.

Awards and honors

First-team ESPN All-American (2008)
First-team Sports Illustrated All-American (2008)
First-team Conference USA All-Freshman (2005)
4x First-team All-Conference USA (2005–2008)
First-team CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American (2005)
First-team FWAA Freshman All-American (2005)
First-team Rivals.com Freshman All-American (2005)
Third-team Sporting News Freshman All-America

Professional career

Pittsburgh Steelers

Joe was drafted by the Steelers on the 32nd pick of the fifth round (168th overall). There was speculation that he would share duties in returning punts and kick returns, but the emergence of Stefan Logan as a return specialist denied him this role. Still, Burnett was able to earn a spot on the 53-man roster due to his stellar defensive play. His final preseason statistics included 15 tackles, 4 passes defended, 1 interception, and a blocked field goal.

Burnett was released by the Steelers on September 3, 2010 in order for the Steelers to meet the 53 man roster requirement.

New York Giants

On January 5, 2011, Burnett signed a reserve/future contract with the New York Giants.

Jacksonville Sharks

Burnett signed a deal with the Jacksonville sharks hoping to play in their 2012 season

Edmonton Eskimos

Joe Burnett signed a practice roster contract with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. In his first season in the CFL Burnett lead all players with 6 interceptions. On July 10th Burnett set an Eskimos record for longest interception return when he picked off Travis Lulay of the BC Lions and returned it 108 yards for the touchdown. He also scored a touchdown on a 44 yard fumble recovery on August 10 2012. On defense he recorded 47 tackles and on special teams he added 3 more tackles. Burnett also played a significant role on punt/kick return. He amassed 573 kick-off return yards on 28 returns and 440 yards on 52 punt returns.

In his second season in the CFL Burnett increased his defensive tackles from 47 to 57, but only managed to get 1 pass interception. He once again participated in kick and punt return duties, although to a lesser extent. In the off-season the Eskimos signed Burnett to a contract extension through the 2015 CFL season.

References

↑ NFL Draft Countdown - 2008 NFL Draft Underclassmen

External links

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Name	Burnett, Joe
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Short description	Player of American and Canadian football
Date of birth	November 28, 1986
Place of birth	Eustis, Florida
Date of death
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