Joseph Lee Burrow is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL. The Bengals selected Burrow as the first overall pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Burrow started 10 games in his rookie year completing 264 passes for 2,688 yards. He led the league for passing accuracy (70.4) and yards attempted (8.9) in the 2021 NFL season. Burrow holds two NFL records with a career completion percentage of 68.2 and most completions by a rookie with 37. In his 59 appearances over five seasons, Burrow has completed 1,447 passes for 15,842 yards and 111 touchdowns, as of October 2024.
Growing up in Ohio, Burrow attended Athens High School in The Plains. He led his team to three straight playoff appearances from 2012 to 2014. As a senior in 2014, Burrow was named Ohio Division III Co-Offensive Player of the Year after throwing for 63 touchdowns and almost 4,500 yards. Being rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Burrow committed to the Ohio State University in 2015. After being redshirted as a freshman in 2015, he saw action in six games with no starts in 2016. Burrow transferred to Louisiana State University for his junior year in 2018. He had a breakout senior season completing 402 passes for 5672 yards in 2019. Burrow was presented with several awards including the Heisman Memorial Trophy, AP National Player of the Year, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award Winner and Davey O’Brien Award in 2019. He also won the CFP National Championship and was named the game's Offensive MVP. He also received Unanimous All-American, First-team All-SEC and SEC Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Joe Burrow Jersey Number
Joe Burrow wears the number 9 with the Cincinnati Bengals, as of October 2024. He had the number even before his draft, as he wore the number 9 in his Louisiana State University days as well. Burrow played his final two seasons with the LSU Tigers.
During his time with the University of Oregon, Burrow was presented with the number 10. It was the number he had at Athens High School and continued to his collegiate career. Following his draft as the first overall pick, Burrow mentioned thinking about going back to the number 10 but did not proceed with it. He said “I had some not-so-great memories of 10 the last time I wore it," according to Bengals' reporter Ben Baby’s tweet. This possibly referred to his rough time wearing the number 10 in Ohio State, as he struggled for game time before switching his number to 9 following his transfer to LSU.
FAQs on Joe Burrow
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