Ken Burrow

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Ken Burrow
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Burrow in 1972
No. 82
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1948-03-29) March 29, 1948 (age 76)
Richmond, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: De Anza (Richmond)
College:
NFL draft: 1971  / Round: 2 / Pick: 33
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:64
Starts:61
Receiving yards:2,668 <small(17.6 average)
Touchdowns:21
Player stats at PFR

Kenneth Robert Burrow (born March 29, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He gained a total of 2,693 yards during his NFL career, scoring 21 touchdowns. [1]

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Biography

Ken Burrow was born March 29, 1948, in Richmond, California. He attended high school at De Anza High School in that Northern California city. [2] At the time of his graduation from high school, he was offered a contract to play baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who sought to sign him as a catcher. [2] Burrow declined the offer, instead choosing to accept a college football scholarship.

Burrow enrolled at Utah State University and played the 1966 season there. He decided to leave after one year, however, returning to California to attend San Diego State, where he studied criminal justice. [2] Playing on the 1970 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Burrow had a masterful senior season, snagging 54 passes for 904 yards and 12 touchdowns, placing himself firmly on the radar of the scouting departments of the National Football League. [2]

He was drafted in the second round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons, who used the 33rd selection in the draft to land his signing rights. Burrow was the fourth wide out to come off the board of that 1971 draft.

Burrow set the league on fire as a rookie in 1971, setting the mark for the best receiving day by a National Football Conference receiver not one but twice — accumulating 190 receiving yards in an October 3 game against the Detroit Lions and again in the final game of the year at New Orleans. [2] He finished the year with 741 yards in the air, second-most in tam history to Paul Flatley and his 834 yards in 1969. [2] All the more remarkable, he accomplished this feat with a fractured wrist, injured in his impressive Week 3 performance against the Lions when he rolled over at the end of a 66 yard passing play.

Burrow played his entire 5-year NFL career with the Falcons, starting a total of 61 games. The team never made the playoffs until 1978, three years after his retirement.

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer high
YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1971 ATL 14143374122.5846
1972 ATL 14142949217.0405
1973 ATL 983156718.3577
1974 ATL 14143454516.0481
1975 ATL 13112532312.9232
64611522,66817.68421

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References

  1. ↑ "Ken Burrow Stats," Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tom Bennett, 1972 Atlanta Falcons (media guide). Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Falcons Football Club, 1972; pp. 19-20.
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