Jeffrey Lamar Burris (born June 6, 1972) is an

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coach and former professional football player who was a

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in the

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(NFL) for ten seasons. He played

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for the

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, and was an All-American. He was selected by the

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in the first round of the

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, and he played professionally for the Bills,

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and

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of the NFL. Burris was the assistant defensive backs coach/defensive quality control coach for the

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. On October 8, 2015, Jeff Burris was promoted to assistant defensive backs coach for the Dolphins. On June 3, 2016, he was hired as a defensive analyst for his alma mater, the

.Former Irish All-America
Jeff Burris
Hired As Defensive Analyst

Early years

Burris was born in

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.National Football League, Historical Players
Jeff Burris
Retrieved February 12, 2012. He graduated from Northwestern High School in Rock Hill,databaseFootball.com, Players
Jeff Burris
. Retrieved February 12, 2012. where he played for the Northwestern Trojans

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team.

College career

While attending the University of Notre Dame, Burris played for the

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team from 1990 to 1993. He was the Irish's primary running back in their goal line jumbo package, rushing for 167 yards on 29 carries and 10 touchdowns and catching one pass for 3 yards and a touchdown. As a senior in 1993, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a defensive back.

Professional career

The Buffalo Bills selected Burris in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft,Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History
1994 National Football League Draft
Retrieved February 12, 2012. and he played for the Bills from to .Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players

Retrieved February 12, 2012. In his ten-year career, Burris played in 144 regular season games, started 119 of them, compiling 529 tackles, and 19 interceptions for 302 return yards and two touchdowns.

Coaching career

Burris began his coaching career in 2007 at

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in Fishers, IN, where he helped work on the technique of cornerbacks and safeties as well as installing a defensive scheme. Burris joined the United Football League’s

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as the defensive backs coach in 2011, hired by former

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and

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coach

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. Burris stayed with the Mountain Lions through their 2011 campaign, finishing with a 2–3 record. On March 5, 2012, Burris was announced as the cornerbacks coach for the UMass Minutemen, working under new head coach

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. He coached the Minutemen for the 2012 season. In 2013 it was announced that Burris would become the assistant defensive backs coach and defensive quality control coach for the

. In 2016, it was announced that he would join the

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coaching staff as a defensive analyst. After leaving his Alma mater, he spent the 2017 season coaching defensive backs at the University of Northern Iowa. In the spring of 2018, Burris was hired by Skip Holtz as the Cornerbacks Coach at Louisiana Tech University.

References

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