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It wasn’t at all times clean crusing for Joe Burrow.
Prior to final season, the Cincinnati Bengals gave Burrow a five-year, $275 million contract extension, which on the time made him the best paid participant in soccer.
The 27-year-old was the primary general decide within the 2020 draft by the Bengals after main the 2019 LSU Tigers to a nationwide championship.
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Joe Burrow of the Buckeyes warms up earlier than a sport towards the Maryland Terrapins at Ohio Stadium on Oct. 7, 2017, in Columbus. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
Before Burrow would go on to throw for 60 touchdowns and over 5,600 yards on his technique to profitable the Heisman Trophy for LSU, he began his faculty profession at Ohio State.
The quarterback made it look straightforward on the sector at occasions with LSU, however at Ohio State he hardly ever noticed the sector.
Over the course of two seasons with the Buckeyes, Burrow solely appeared in 11 video games and accomplished 29 of 39 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns. He started to doubt himself.
“Yeah, I mean at Ohio State I was definitely questioning myself, because I thought, ‘I’m working so hard in the weight room, I’m playing really well in practice’ and I felt like nobody was really taking notice of that or seeing the improvement or how I was playing in practice.” Burrow stated in a latest look on “The Pivot.”
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Quarterback Joe Burrow of the Ohio State Buckeyes calls out indicators through the Rutgers Scarlet Knights sport on Sept. 30, 2017, at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
“I was like, ‘Do I have a warped sense of myself and how I’m playing or what kind of quarterback I am.’ That was definitely tough those three and half years. I had so much confidence in the work that I was putting in off the field and the growth that I was having, but I felt like not a lot of people had confidence in me at that point.”
“All I had, like we talked about earlier, was the confidence in myself and the work that I was putting in would eventually come to light and pay off and thank God it did.”
Once Burrow bought to LSU, it appeared essentially the most problem he handled within the Bayou was with the lingo.
“I had no idea what the hell everybody was saying for the first like 2-3 months so I would just be like, ‘Yeah, you know.’ I had no idea.”
Burrow’s faculty success has translated to the NFL.
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Joe Burrow of the LSU Tigers celebrates towards the Clemson Tigers through the College Football Playoff National Championship sport on Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans. (Gus Stark/LSU/University Images by way of Getty Images)
After tearing his ACL his rookie yr, Burrow led the Bengals to the Super Bowl, the place they misplaced to the Los Angeles Rams his second season. The following season, he introduced the Bengals to the AFC Championship, the place they misplaced to the eventual Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
The Pro-Bowler tore a ligament in his proper wrist final season throughout a Week 11 matchup towards the Baltimore Ravens, ending his season. Burrow has been a full participant on this coaching camp.
The Bengals will host the New England Patriots to open their season on Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. ET.
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