Age: 27
5th
season in pro football (4th active), 1st with Raiders
College: Mississippi
Height: 6’2” Weight: 260
Prelude:
Burgess was
credited with 17.5 sacks and 166 tackles in college and was a first-team
All-SEC selection as a senior in 2000. He was chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles
in the third round of the 2001 NFL draft and started four games as a rookie,
accumulating 6 sacks. However, injuries hit hard as he suffered a foot injury
in the opening game of the ’02 season that cost him the remainder of the year
and then was on injured reserve for all of 2003 due to an Achilles tendon
injury suffered during a preseason practice. Having appeared in just one game
in two years, Burgess appeared in 12 in ’04 and had just 2.5 sacks although he was
credited with three in the postseason, including two in the NFC Championship
win over Atlanta. He signed with Oakland as a free agent for 2005, with the
anticipation that he would provide depth on the defensive line. Undersized
against the run, he was a tenacious pass rusher.
2005 Season Summary
Appeared in all
16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Sacks – 16 [1]
Most sacks,
game – 2 on six occasions
Interceptions
– 0
Fumble
recoveries – 2
Forced
fumbles – 3
Tackles – 51
Assists – 6
Awards & Honors:
2nd
team All-NFL: AP
1st
team All-AFC: Pro Football Weekly
Pro Bowl
Raiders went 4-12
to finish fourth in the AFC West.
Aftermath:
Burgess
followed up with 11 sacks in 2006 and was again chosen to the Pro Bowl. He
spent two more seasons with the Raiders with lesser returns as injuries again
became a factor. Burgess was traded to New England during the 2009 preseason,
had five sacks, and was released in 2010. He returned to the Eagles briefly
late in the season and appeared in one game, the last of his career. Overall,
Burgess accumulated 52 sacks in 102 games, with 38.5 coming with the Raiders.
He was selected to two Pro Bowls.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
