Burnett’s career appears over
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson did not close the door completely on linebacker Julian Burnett’s playing career. But Burnett’s neck injury, suffered in the Sun Bowl Dec. 31, appears to have ended his career.
“Well, you need to get that statement from Julian,” Johnson said Monday, following Tech’s first spring practice. “If he’s not out here, he’s probably not going to play.”
Burnett will be placed on medical scholarship, meaning he is ineligible to play in the coming season.
“He’s a heck of a competitor and a good football player, but there’s bigger things in life than football,” Johnson said. “You’ve got to be safe.”
Burnett led the Yellow Jackets in tackles for the past two seasons, despite starting only eight games in 2010. He was named to the All-ACC second team last season after finishing fifth in the regular season in tackles.
Johnson said Burnett will remain involved with the team in some fashion.
“He’s disappointed,” Johnson said. “Like anything, you want him to play, but I think he can look at the big picture, and the team doctors and everybody sat down and talked to him and explained the situation and I think he understands.”
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Dawg48
March 26th, 2012
11:44 pm
WnE is a sick perverted man that likes to follow 16 year old boys on Twitter all day.
5150 UOAD
March 26th, 2012
11:45 pm
48 not everybody was a Christian that founded this country.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:46 pm
48, many of the founding fathers were either deists or theists. Some were “orthodox” Christians.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:47 pm
I sure don’t think I would want WnE representing me in any case.
oleyeller
March 26th, 2012
11:47 pm
Super, nothing in my e mail inbox.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:49 pm
oleyeller, are you still at the comcast address you gave me several months ago? That’s the one I used
oleyeller
March 26th, 2012
11:50 pm
Yep, I am. You still yahooing?
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:51 pm
yep. maybe it’s just slow getting there. I emailed you like 15 minutes ago
J'boroJacket
March 26th, 2012
11:51 pm
I was travelling through Macon and stopped at local store. Kid in there saw my Tech tag and told me his cousin was going to Tech and would start right away. I told him we would probably sit him and let him get bigger and stronger. Thay guy was Julian. He came in and immediately had an impact. Good luck in the future, I am sure you will have an impact in your next adventure.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:52 pm
oleyeller, if you don’t get it soon, send me one to my temporary address—–supersizeorder@yahoo.com
Dawg48
March 26th, 2012
11:53 pm
From what I was reading up on deism so far you can put it into any religion. The circular motions of life. Thomas Jefferson said all nations start out the same. They start out in bondage, then bondage to a great spiritual awakening, spiritual awakening to freedom, freedom to complacent, complacent apathy and apathy back to bondage.
You can defenatly see that going on now.
1 4 GT
March 26th, 2012
11:53 pm
Boy, sometimes life is totally unfair, but take heart, Mr. Burnette. Dedicate yourself to the book & class work, and never forget “That all things work for the good thru God”. My Dad taught his boys that all dark clouds have a silver lining, you just have to find it. Know that the Tech Nation has you in our hearts and memories. Thanks for the excellent representation you gave GT on the field. Much success in your walk thru life!!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2012
11:54 pm
48, are you SURE you are a dawg fan? You and I agree on too much. LOL
Dawg48
March 26th, 2012
11:55 pm
We are just good people! Lol
Really?
March 26th, 2012
11:59 pm
Yet another classy coach is arrested at ga text. What the heck is wrong with the students, coaches and players at the trade school? The more I hear and see about the texties the more I understand why 5150 is so messed up.
oleyeller
March 27th, 2012
12:00 am
Dawg48, I understand what you are saying and am in lock step with your observations. While this is a sports blog, I don’t think it is out of bounds to express the fear and concern we all have at this time for our country.
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:02 am
Really?
The street lights have been on for a few hours now. The grown folk are having a coversation.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:02 am
Fear and concern for our country?
I see a country on the cusp of its next homegrown growth industry…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:04 am
well, here we have another classless obsessed dwag troll posting drivel. Really?, this blog is dedicated to honoring a fallen player, and you (like ten out of eleven) come on here making a fool out of yourself and embarrassing yourself even in front of some true CLASSY dawg fans. You should change your name to Unreal, because that would certainly describe you, you worthless POS
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:05 am
Really?…..see even one of the REAL dawg fans on here thinks you are a jerk.
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:06 am
Oleyeller, we had a conversation on here the other day about the Civil War. I just saw every one was on here so I just threw out a quot in fun. Yes the world around us is collapsing. I ca see what Jefferson was saying. We are deffenatly in the complacent to apathy stage right now.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:06 am
FLJ, I see a country on the brink of a dictatorship.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:07 am
oleyeller, I just sent you an email from my “temporary” email address. I hope you get one of the two I have sent you
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:08 am
FL Jacket
Homegrown? Are you talking about Pot?
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:09 am
Super…who’s the dictator?
I would imagine some of y’all with more years on this Earth than my 34 would see the bigger picture. The economy is cyclical. America innovates. It moves forward. Things will improve as long as people like to make money…
1 4 GT
March 27th, 2012
12:11 am
headley lamar name is Jason Marcus. 10 of 11 should realize that what happened to Julian Burnette, or worse, could happen to happen to him every time he walks out his door. We never know. He cares not that his harsh words to Mr. Burnette hit hard on some of the people reading these posts and reliving our own what ifs. If he really is the guy 5150 found on facebook, it’s no wonder he has to troll the internet for gal pals.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:11 am
Any “homegrown” industry will end up being controlled by the bureaucrats in DC. We are fast becoming nothing more than slaves on the DC plantation.
5150 UOAD
March 27th, 2012
12:12 am
We will not stop wanting to make money but China OWNS most of our Debt. We don’t make much of anything any more so we better hope China doesn’t call on the Note.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:13 am
Dawg48…
I’m talking about Green energy. Building more fuel efficient vehicles, developing renewable energies and materials, fully utilizing our natural resources in self-sustaining ways.
There are new jobs in these fields, and each discovery nets us more energy independence and a less tangled foreign policy dependent on crude.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:14 am
FLJ, I know you won’t agree with me on this, but I truly believe Obama would like nothing more than to be a dictator. And even if that’s an overstatement, there are plenty in DC who would love to have complete control over every facet of our lives. As far as the economy being cyclical, that is true, but we have NEVER faced the kind of debt that has been built up over the past few years, and we will NEVER get out of debt by continuing to spend and borrow.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:14 am
This will be a very unpopular statement…but here it goes.
We don’t have a spending problem…we have a revenue problem.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:15 am
Super…
Believe what you want about Obama.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:16 am
FLJ, it will take 20 years for alternative energy sources to become the WAY OF LIFE. What do we do in the meantime? Sure, we all want that kind of progress, but for the time being we are faced with living with oil, and by almost completely relying on foreign oil, then we will go broke. That kind of switch does not, and can not, occur overnight. And Obama’s investment of OUR money in scams like Solandra sure ain’t helping.
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:17 am
The government has it set up so the TAX PAYING citizens of this country can not win.
They give us a choice between Republican and Democrat. There is not a dimes difference between them. All through history you have had the rich and the poor. The industrial Revolution brought in a middle class work force. A poor man has never given another man a job, and it’s impossible to TAX the rich. If you raise the taxes on the rich they raise the price of there goods. That causes me to pay more money at the stores. If you lower the taxes on the rich that causes me to pay more taxes in. And the poor? Well they are living off me anyway. All food stamps are is a way to make the poor contribute to society. If they are getting a gove check they are at least spending it at walmart.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:18 am
Super…
I’ll take missteps in the Solyndra direction as opposed to the declare war then offer no-bid contracts to Halliburton direction.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:18 am
48, I’m liking you more and more each day. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:20 am
FLJ, that’s in the past, and Obama promised us change. The only thing that has changed is that we now have a crooked democrat screwing us rather than a stupid republican.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:20 am
I think the biggest scam ever perpetuated by anyone in the last 50 years has been the complete fallacy that lowering taxes ignites the economy.
5150 UOAD
March 27th, 2012
12:21 am
I’ll take a government that fears it citizens over citizens fearing the government.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:22 am
FLJ, the economy was overall in better shape during the Reagan years than it is now. And taxes were lower then
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:22 am
5150…
When I’m history has that ever been the truth? The forefathers set the thing up so that only white male landowners could vote…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:22 am
AMEN @ UOAD
1 4 GT
March 27th, 2012
12:22 am
48—I see you too are a reader. I’m currently reading my 2nd bio about George Washington. This one goes into much more detail about his personality and personal life. One of the greatest ironies of all time is that he acted as a scout/aide to the British Army during the French and Indian War. He was in his middle to late 20’s and a Colonel in the Virginia militia. He sought a permanent commission from the British Army and they refused him, much to their later regret.
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:23 am
The government does not care if a car runs on gas, water , urine, corn syrup, maple syrup.
The money is in the OIL. Money makes the world go round.
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:24 am
Super…
Globalization had more to do with that than Reagan’s policies…
Supersize that order, mutt
March 27th, 2012
12:24 am
All the majority of people in government are really concerned with is putting money in their own pockets…..the rest of us be damned.
5150 UOAD
March 27th, 2012
12:25 am
A good war would help the economy. Not a fake war like we just had but a war to actually eliminate the enemy, civilians, and industries. Fewer people and the need to rebuild things helps an economy like ours.
oleyeller
March 27th, 2012
12:25 am
FL Jacket, you have got your head so far up your ??? you will never see reality. We are printing money so fast that your great, great kids will never be able to pay off our debt. What a stupid comment. Revenue problem my ???, how much more taxes you want to pay? By the way how much are you guys paying for gas in Florida now?
FL Jacket
March 27th, 2012
12:27 am
Dawg48…
I would argue that the disproportionate level of control that big corporations have on the Gov’t is why the money is still in Big Oil. What set of morons, knowing that the resource is limited and environmentally toxic doesn’t look for that blue ocean on its own?
Dawg48
March 27th, 2012
12:28 am
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