Morgan Burnett

Morgan Burnett

Burnett in the Green Bay Packers' dress (2011)
No. -
Safety
Date of birth: January 13, 1989
Place of birth: Memphis , Tennessee
Height: 1.85 m	Weight: 95 kg
NFL debut
2010 for the Green Bay Packers
Career
College : Georgia Tech
NFL Draft : 2010 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71
Teams: Green Bay Packers ( 2010 - 2017 ) Pittsburgh Steelers ( 2018 ) Cleveland Browns ( 2019 )
Current status: Free Agent
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Champion ( XLV )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles	770
Sacks	9.5
Forced fumbles	8th
Passes prevented	52
Interceptions	10
Touchdowns	1
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Morgan Mark Burnett (* 13 January 1989 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He last played for the Cleveland Browns as safety . Before that, he was already with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers , with whom he won the Super Bowl XLV , under contract.

college

Burnett, also a talented track and field athlete in high school , attended the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and played college football for their team, the Yellow Jackets, with great success , putting a total of 235 tackles , one sack and 14 between 2007 and 2009 Could achieve interceptions . He also managed a touchdown .

NFL

Green Bay Packers

Burnett was selected as draft pick number 71 by the Green Bay Packers in the 2010 NFL Draft . In order to be able to draft it, an exchange with the Philadelphia Eagles was necessary. In return, they received a third and a fourth round pick . He signed a four-year contract for $ 3.50 million including $ 875 million in hand money ( Signing Bonus ).
His rookie season was already over after four appearances as a Starting Free Safety . A cruciate ligament tear put Burnett out of action for the rest of the season, which is why he was sentenced to watch the Super Bowl XLV, which could be won against the Pittsburgh Steelers .
In the following seasons he developed into a reliable support in the Secondary of the Packers. For example, in 2012 he was on the field for each of the 1,088 defense moves.
In 2014, however, he was accused of complicity in the elimination in the NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks , as he unconditionally gave up the move in the last quarter after an interception against Russell Wilson and thus gave away any possible space gain. He played a total of 102 games for the Packers, all as a starter.

Pittsburgh Steelers

In March 2018, he signed a three-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers for $ 14.35 million, including $ 4.35 million in hand money.
On April 1, 2019, after only one season, he was released again. Not least due to an injury, he only managed 30 tackles. As early as January, he himself asked for his contract to be terminated, as he did not feel comfortable in the position intended for him in the team's defense scheme.

Cleveland Browns

On April 5, the Cleveland Browns signed him for two seasons.
After only eight matches, the 2019 season was already over for him due to an injury.

Web links

• Cleveland Browns player profile

Individual evidence

1. ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed June 6, 2019
2. ↑ Draft overview on prosportstransactions.com, accessed on June 6, 2019
3. ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on June 6, 2019
4. ↑ Player bio on the Browns homepage, accessed June 6, 2019
5. ↑ USA Today report of January 18, 2015, accessed June 6, 2019
6. ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on June 6, 2019
7. ↑ Report on ran.de from April 2, 2015, accessed on June 6, 2019
8. ↑ USA Today report of January 19, 2019, accessed June 6, 2019
9. ↑ Report on the Browns homepage of January 19, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019
10. ↑ Report on profootballtalk.nbcsports.com from November 15, 2019, accessed on January 3, 2020