| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 6, 1972 Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Northwestern (Rock Hill, South Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1994 / round: 1 / pick: 27 | ||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Lamar Burris (born June 6, 1972) is an American football coach and former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame, and was a consensus All-American. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1994 NFL draft, and he played professionally for the Bills, Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. Burris was the assistant defensive backs coach/defensive quality control coach for the Miami Dolphins. On October 8, 2015, Jeff Burris was promoted to assistant defensive backs coach for the Dolphins. On June 3, 2016, he was hired as a defensive analyst for his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.[2]