Brian Burns has made a habit of harassing punters and kickers

[Sir Purr]

“He’s so athletic. He can create surge with athleticism and bend,” then FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher said of Burns. “He’s extremely athletic, now. And he’s long.”


Fisher and his staff knew they had something special in Burns, and coaches are often reluctant to put star players on special teams with the injury risk.


But Burns said he wanted to be out there to defend punts and kicks.


“My first year they put me on it after I asked to be on it,” Burns recalled. “I did it in high school, too. When I was stepping into a larger role my junior year they took me off, but I asked to be put back on.”