Jeff Burris
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| Position: | Assistant defensive backs coach/defensive quality control coach | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 6, 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Rock Hill, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Rock Hill (SC) Northwestern | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27 | ||||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 144 |
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| Games started: | 119 |
| Tackles: | 529 |
| Interceptions: | 19 |
| INT return yards: | 302 |
| Touchdowns: | 2 |
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Jeffrey Lamar Burris (born June 6, 1972) is an American football coach and former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame, and was an All-American. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Bills, Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. Burris was the assistant defensive backs coach/defensive quality control coach for the Miami Dolphins. 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 University of Notre Dame.
Burris was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He graduated from Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, where he played for the Northwestern Trojans high school football team.
While attending the University of Notre Dame, Burris played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 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.
The Buffalo Bills selected Burris in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bills from 1994 to 1997.
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