Happy Birthday to Morgan Burnett!
Packers S Morgan Burnett celebrates his birthday on January 13th. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by Jim Biever, Michael Biever and Matt Becker, Packers.com.
Burnett recorded his fourth straight 100-tackle season in 2014 with a team-high 125 tackles (99 solo).
He is the only Packer to surpass 100 tackles each of the last four seasons (2011-14).
In 2010, Burnett joined Tom Flynn (1984) and Nick Collins (2005) as the only Green Bay rookies to open the season as a starter at safety since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Burnett posted two sacks and an interception in the 2014 NFC Championship Game at Seattle, becoming the first defensive back in franchise history to register two sacks in a postseason game.
In just three seasons at Georgia Tech, Burnett intercepted 14 passes, two shy of the school's career record.
The Packers traded up 15 spots in the third round to select him in 2010, the third straight year GM Ted Thompson traded up to select a defensive player (Jeremy Thompson in 2008, Clay Matthews in 2009).
42 was a four-year starter and three-year team captain at North Clayton High (College Park, Ga.)
Burnett holds a free youth football camp in his community, Clayton County (Ga.), every summer
