Jay Burson

Jay Burson was a college basketball player at The Ohio State University and former player in the Continental Basketball Association.

Burson attended John Glenn High School in New Concord, Ohio from 1981-85. During his sophomore season, he led the nation in scoring with a 44 points per game average. In his four seasons at John Glenn, he scored 2,958 points earning him the record for most points scored in the history of Ohio high school basketball. He held that record for 22 years until it was beaten by Upper Sandusky senior Jon Diebler (3,208 points) in February 2007.

From 1986-89, Burson played for The Ohio State University in the Big Ten Conference. He averaged 22.1 points a game for Gary Williams' Buckeyes in the 1988-89 season. During a late season contest against Iowa in his senior year, Burson's college career came to an end when he collided with Ed Horton. He was fitted with a traction brace that he had to wear for three months.

After his injury, Burson made an attempted comeback. In August 1989, Burson signed a three-year contract with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was one of six players the Rockets invited back from a rookie tryout camp in July and he reported for pre-season workouts that October. After playing just four preseason games, however, it appeared that his playing days had ended.

In 1989, prior to signing with the Rockets, Burson had been selected as the first round draft pick - seventh overall - of the Columbus Horizon, a new Continental Basketball Association franchise. When it did not work out in the NBA, Burson joined the Horizon for their first season. Initially, Burson said he would not play in Columbus.

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