Artie Burns

Artie Burns
No. 25 Pittsburgh Steelers
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1995-05-01) May 1, 1995
Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school: Miami (FL) Northwestern
College: Miami (FL)
NFL draft: 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25
Career history
Roster status: Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
  • ACC 60 meter hurdles champion (2014)
  • American junior record 60 meter hurdles (2014)
  • 2- time USA Today track & field All-American (2011 & 2012)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Artie Tyrone Burns Jr. (born May 1, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami.[1][2] He is also a World-Class hurdler.

A native of Miami, Burns attended Miami Northwestern High School, where he played defensive back. As a junior, playing safety, Burns made 80 tackles, 10 for losses. He also broke up 87 passes, caused 17 fumbles and made 22 interception.[3] Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Burns was listed as the No. 15 cornerback prospect in his class.[4] He committed to Miami, where the Hurricanes hoped to pair him with Tracy Howard on the outside.[5]

He was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011 and 2012.[6][7]At the 2011 USA Youth outdoor track and field championships, Burns won both the 110 meter hurdles (13.90),and the 400 meter hurdles (52.23). At the 2012 Bob Hayes Invitational, Burns broke records in the 110 hurdles (13.35) and the 300 (36.14), both originally set by Michael Timpson in 1985.[3] His 110 hurdles time was the second-fastest world-wide by a youth athlete in 2012, behind only Wilhem Belocian's 13.29 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona. In 2012 Burns had the No. 5 time in the World (No. 1 in USA) in the 110 meter hurdles amongst junior athletes (under 20). [8] In 2014 Burns broke the American junior record in the indoor 60 meter hurdles, breaking a 38 year old record.

On April 28, 2016, with the 25th pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Burns, their first cornerback selected in the first round since Chad Scott in 1997.

References

  1. ↑ Artie Burns, of Northwestern High School, commits to play University of Miami football
  2. ↑ "Miami Northwestern CB Artie Burns handles family issues on way to University of Miami". miamiherald.
  3. 1 2 "Artie Burns is nation's top hurdler, but football comes first". MaxPreps.com.
  4. ↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals.com cornerbacks 2013".
  5. ↑ "New Canes recruit Artie Burns".
  6. ↑ "All-USA high school track and field teams". USA Today. August 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ "2012 All-USA boys and girls track teams revealed". USA Today. July 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) - men - u20 - outdoor - 2012 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.

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