Curry Burns

Curry Burns

Date of birth:	February 12, 1981 (1981-02-12) (age 30)
Place of birth:	Miami, Florida
Career information
Position(s):	Safety
College:	Louisville
NFL Draft:	2003 / Round: 7 / Pick: 217
Organizations
As player:
2003 2004 2006 2006 2007	Houston Texans New York Giants Washington Redskins Houston Texans New Orleans Saints
Playing stats at NFL.com

Curry Burns (born February 12, 1981 in Miami, Florida) is an American football safety in the National Football League who is currently a free agent.

College career

Burns played college football at the University of Louisville and played in 45 career games with 29 starts. He was part of a defensive secondary that tallied 52 interceptions over three seasons to rank second nationally. He finished his career with 336 tackles, eight interceptions, 16 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four blocked kicks. Burns ranks 10th on the school’s career-record list in tackles. He was an All-Conference USA selection as a senior, posting career-high 111 tackles.

Professional career

Drafted in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Texans, Curry played safety. In his first year he saw action in one game for Houston, made NFL debut in season finale against Indianapolis, recording one special teams tackle.

Next year played in eight games for the New York Giants, with two starts at free safety. He finished with 23 tackles (19 solo), one interception, one pass defended, and five special teams tackles.

In 2005 he signed with the Washington Redskins as an unrestricted free agent in September 2005 and spent the season on the team's practice squad. He was released by the Redskins on October 16, 2006 to make room for free agent Troy Vincent. Burns was signed by New Orleans Saints as free agent Friday May 25, 2007. Three months later Burns was waived on Saturday September 1, 2007 for undisclosed reasons.

Personal

He is the half brother of Elvis Dumervil who plays for the Denver Broncos.

Persondata
Name	Burns, Curry
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	February 12, 1981
Place of birth	Miami, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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