Vontaze Burfict

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Vontaze Burfict
Vontaze Burfict 2015.JPG
Burfict (2015)
Linebacker
Date of birth: September 24, 1990
Place of birth: Los Angeles , California
Height: 1.85 m Weight: 115 kg
NFL debut
2012 for the Cincinnati Bengals
Career
College : Arizona State
Not drafted in 2012
 Teams:
Current status: Free Agent
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles     622
Sacks     8.5
Forced fumbles     4th
Interceptions     5
Passes prevented     29
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Vontaze Burfict DeLeon Jr. (* 24. September 1990 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the linebackers . He played college football for Arizona State University . Burfict was most recently under contract with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League (NFL) and is currently a free agent. From 2012 to 2018 he played for the Cincinnati Bengals .

college

Burfict attended Centennial High School in Corona , California , and was considered the best player in high school in California , alongside Matt Barkley . 247Sports rated him as the country's eleven best player in his year. Burfict initially wanted to play for the University of Southern California in college , but chose Arizona State University instead on National Signing Day .

After his freshman year of college for the Arizona State Sun Devils , Burfict was named Defensive Freshman of the Year in the Pacific-12 Conference . In his second year he was able to improve and was named Defensive MVP of the Pac-10. He forced two fumbles and led his team with 90 tackles , 8.5 of them for loss of space. After a less convincing third year, Burfict announced in January 2012 that he would be giving up his senior year of college and signing up for the NFL Draft .

NFL

Burfict was not selected by any team in the 2012 NFL Draft, attributed to his numerous college fouls and poor performance at the NFL Combine . The Cincinnati Bengals then signed Burfict as a free agent.

From the third day of his rookie season, Burfict started as a starter due to an injury-related loss. He recorded 127 tackles. In the following season he was able to increase to 171 tackles, which he led the NFL in this statistic. He was nominated for the Pro Bowl and received a four-year contract extension for $ 20 million in August 2013. At the same time, Burfict was punished several times in 2013 for playing unfairly or too hard and had to pay three fines totaling 58,875 dollars.

In the 2014 season Burfict denied only five games. After missing two games due to a concussion earlier in the season, a knee injury ended his season prematurely. In the game against division rivals Pittsburgh Steelers in week 14 of the 2015 season , Burfict was fined $ 69,454 by the NFL for three illegal tackles. Burfict was suspended for the first three games of the 2016 season because of another offense in the last game of the regular season and an illegal tackle against Antonio Brown in the wildcard round of the play-offs - again against the Pittsburgh Steelers .

After another violation in a preseason game in 2017, Burfict was suspended for the first five games of the regular season, which was later reduced to three games. Burfict's 2018 season also began with a suspension that lasted four games due to violation of NFL guidelines on performance-enhancing substances . After the season, he was released by the Bengals on March 18, 2019 after seven years. For the Bengals, Burfict had scored over 100 tackles in three seasons. The day after he was released, the Oakland Raiders signed him.

Burfict was named one of the team captains of the Raiders. After a forbidden helmet-to-helmet hit in the fourth game of the season, he was suspended until the end of the season, which is the longest suspension to date for an offense on the field.

Web links

Commons : Vontaze Burfict  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Adam Stites: A complete history of Vontaze Burfict being the most reckless football player on sbnation.com. March 19, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2009 Top Football Recruits on 247sports.com. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Damond Talbot: All Eyez on Me - Vontaze Burfict, Tell All Story on sbnation.com. April 23, 2012, accessed September 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ Arizona State's Vontaze Burfict to forgo senior season for NFL. In: Los Angeles Times . January 3, 2012, accessed September 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ Joe Kay: Undrafted LB Burfict gets chance with Bengals on nfl.com. May 11, 2012, accessed September 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ Jeffri Chadiha: Earning his stripes on nfl.com. October 6, 2016, accessed September 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ Dan Hanzus: Vontaze Burfict (knee) placed on injured reserve on nfl.com. December 9, 2014, accessed September 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ Jeanna Thomas: Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict fined $ 69,454 vs. Steelers on sbnation.com. December 18, 2015, accessed September 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ Jared Dubin: Bengals' Vontaze Burfict suspended for first three games of 2016 season on cbssports.com. January 11, 2016, accessed September 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ Vontaze Burfict's suspension reduced to three games on nfl.com. August 30, 2017, accessed September 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ Jared Dubin: Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict suspended four games for PED violation on cbssports.com. April 12, 2018, accessed September 30, 2019.
  12. ↑ Kevin Patra: Bengals releasing Vontaze Burfict after seven seasons on nfl.com. March 18, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019.
  13. ↑ Raiders sign linebacker Vontaze Burfict on the website of the Oakland Raiders. March 19, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019.
  14. ↑ Oakland Raiders: Vontaze Burfict to the season locked on ran.de . September 30, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Burfict, Vontaze
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burfict, Vontaze DeLeon Jr. (Full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States