Jack Burns

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-4
Weight:
295
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Kansas City, Kan.
High School:
Bishop Miege (Cornell)

CAREER: Played in 48 career games with 37 starts ... earned 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League honors ... named a 2022 Academic All-ACC, CSC Academic All-District and NFF Hampshire Honors Society honoree .... recipient of Duke's K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award ... played 737 career snaps at Duke … participated in one bowl game (2022 Military Bowl).

2022: Academic All-ACC, CSC Academic All-District and NFF Hampshire Honors Society honoree ... recipient of the program’s K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award, which is presented annually to a player who demonstrates the most heart, durability, and toughness throughout the year ... played in all 13 games, making eight starts at center ... helped the offense accumulate 2,394 rushing and 3,010 passing yards as well as 31 rushing touchdowns, which set a program record for a single season ... anchored an offensive line unit that ranked first in the ACC in sacks allowed (17) and TFL allowed (51) ... created paths for four Blue Devils to rush for 400+ yards, a first in program history … on the field for 737 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member of the football program at Cornell University in 2018-19-20-21 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... earned 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League honors … appeared in 35 career games, making 29 starts at center … during final season in 2021, helped the Big Red lead the Ivy League and rank fifth nationally with 0.9 sacks allowed per game … the offensive line in 2021 allowed a school-record low nine sacks and was 16th nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (4.2) … in 2019, Cornell’s offensive line allowed one sack or less in five of the team’s seven Ivy League games and had four contests with 400+ yards of total offense … lettered four years at Bishop Miege under coach Jon Holmes ... named a team captain as a senior and was a two-time all-state selection … helped Bishop Miege capture four consecutive 4A state titles … tabbed a first team all-league pick as a senior and second team selection as a junior … named the 2018 Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl … also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL: Born November 29, 1999 ... graduated from Cornell in May 2022, with a degree in applied economics and management ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Robert and Barbara Burns … uncle, John, lettered one season (1970) as an offensive tackle at the University of Missouri, earning Academic All-Big Eight honors.