Colorado University Athletics

Brent Burnette

 

AT COLORADO; This Season (Jr.)-He enrolled at Colorado for the spring semester and will be available to participate in spring football.  He has two years to play two in eligibility.

AT WESTERN ARIZONA (2010/Soph.)-He completed 79-of-140 passes for 1,219 yards with 11 touchdowns and six interceptions in seven games before being injured, compiling a 6-1 record for Western Arizona.  The Matadors climbed to the top of the NJCAA rankings the third week of the season and after suffering a loss that week, didn't lose again in the regular season winning the Western States Football League championship and tying the school record for wins in the 10-2 season.  Against Phoenix College in the second week of the season, he completed 15-of-25 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-17 victory setting up the Matadors for the nation's top ranking. 

AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE (2008-09/Fr./R-Fr.)-He redshirted the 2008 season and in 2009, saw action in seven games as a redshirt freshman for Middle Tennessee State.  As primarily the back-up quarterback, he saw action in seven games with one start and completed 13-of-25 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions as MTSU had up a 10-3 record and victory over Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl, where he completed 2-of-3 passes for 45 yards and a touchdown.  He replaced the injured Dwight Dasher and completed one pass for 22 yards on 2nd-and-15 and then threw a 23 yard touchdown to put MTSU up 28-20 late in the third quarter as the Blue Raiders would hold on, 42-32.  He was 3-of-3 for 47 yards and a touchdown against Western Kentucky and in his first collegiate start against Mississippi State, he completed 7-of-15 passes for 48 yards. 

HIGH SCHOOL-Ranked the No. 44 quarterback in the country, the No. 19 player from Tennessee and No. 3 quarterback from Tennessee by ESPN.  He was named to Scout.com's Tennessee Super 14 as one of five quarterbacks on that list.  He earned the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Mr. Football Award and was the Player of the Year for Tennessee by the Tennessee Football Magazine, Sports Locker and Rebel Nation, the Offensive Player of the Year by the Knoxville News Sentinel and Maryville Daily Times and named to the All-Southern Player of the Year team by the Orlando Sentinel.  He was the Region 3 most valuable player as a senior and named to both the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association first-team All-State as both a junior and senior when he also earned All-Blount County and All-Region 3 honors.  He finished his career with Maryville records of 6,408 passing yards and 67 touchdowns.  He ranks fifth all-time for career passing yards in TSSAA history and No. 2 among players from eastern Tennessee.  As a senior, he completed 228-of-325 (70.2 percent) of his passes for 3,521 yards with just seven interceptions. The 3,521 yards ranks third in TSSAA history and his 38 touchdowns ranks second and both marks are the best by a player from eastern Tennessee.  He owns Maryville season records for completions, pass attempts, touchdowns and passing yards.  He also owns the school record by throwing five touchdowns in a game, which he did in the 2007 State Playoffs against Red Bank.  His junior year he completed 101-of-146 passes for 2,019 yards and 18 touchdowns.  As a sophomore, he passed for 868 yards and 13 touchdowns.  He was named the MVP of the state championship game as a senior when he competed 15-of-22 passes for 222 yards two touchdowns in the 28-13 win over Maplewood.  He compiled a 30-0 record as a starter, 45-0 record in his three years primarily on varsity and a 60-0 mark in his four years of high school at Maryville under coach George Quarles, winning the State Championship each season.  He also played third base on the baseball team at Maryville. 

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in psychology at Colorado and is also interested in attending medical school. 

PERSONAL-He was born October 5, 1989 in Knoxville, Tenn.  Hobbies include going to the lake, fishing, skiing, hanging out with friends, golf and playing the guitar.  His father, Tommy, played football at Eastern Kentucky and his uncle, Jerry Burnette, played basketball at Loyola Marymount.  His goals after college include working hard to play football at the next level but at the same time earn the grades necessary to get accepted into medical school. He played summer baseball for the same program that turned out Colorado Rockies All-Star and Gold Glove Winner Todd Helton.  He traveled to Colorado with his baseball team when he was seven years old and took runner-up at the AABC World Series in Wheat Ridge, Colo.