The Untold Truth Of Joe Burrow

Per the Cincinnati Bengals, Burrow hails from Athens, Ohio, a town that sits in the southeastern part of the state and is about two-and-a-half hours from Cincinnati. Football runs through the Burrow family bloodline. Burrow’s father, Jimmy, played college football at the University of Nebraska before playing professionally in both the NFL and CFL (via the Omaha World-Herald). The elder Burrow would move into coaching with stops At Washington State, Iowas State, North Dakota State, and finally Ohio State, where he served as defensive coordinator and retired in 2018.

Joe Burrow played football for his school’s team at Athen’s High and was an absolute standout. During his high school career, Burrow amassed a jaw-dropping 11,400 passing yards and 157 passing touchdowns. That doesn’t mean Burrow ignored his feet because he used them to rush for 2,000 yards and 27 more touchdowns.

This helped the Burrow-led Athen’s High School Bulldogs make three playoff appearances and win seven playoff games, including the first one in school history. On the hardwood, Burrow was also a standout point guard, earning first-team all-state honors.

It should come as no surprise that upon leaving high school, Burrow had a laundry list of college suitors which, per NCAA, included among others Boston College, Iowa State, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and — somewhat ironically — Cincinnati. Another school that showed interest was Ohio State, and that’s where Burrow decided to start his college career.

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