Burmeister verbally committed to the Wildcats but never played here. Saturday, he'll lead San Diego State into its opener against the UA.
Bryce Miller The San Diego Union-Tribune Unwritten rules for a college football quarterback begin with side-stepping as much contact as possible. Bee-lining linebacker? Hit the grass. Untouched, blitzing safety? Race to the sideline.Staying upright with limbs attached and bones in factory showroom condition keeps offensive triggermen on the field.
Burmeister started in his first game at Oregon as a true freshman after current NFL QB Justin Herbert of the Chargers and a backup were injured. In the first half of his first start, he was injured, too. "That was tough, especially being an 18-year-old, a true freshman starting in the Pac-12," he said."It became a big learning experience for me to block out the noise and not worry about any of that extra stuff. People didn’t know, but I understood that we didn’t want opposing defenses to know about it.A major reason Burmeister continued to play, in addition to the injuries in front of him, was because of his elite speed.
"When he decides to go, he can go from zero to 60 in a split second. There’s no build up to that speed, so they break angles ." "I don’t necessarily know how fast he is, as far as ‘timed’ fast," Hecklinski said."I know he’s fast." "Our first game his senior year, he caught a helmet on the elbow and couldn’t move his arm," Hales said."Brax went right back in and played through it. I don’t think he slid or ran out of bounds one time in those four years, either.""He literally never did," Hales said."That’s 100 percent fact. There wasn’t a sideline he found on his own. You had to tackle him for him to go down. When I saw him slide once when he was at Oregon, I yelled at my wife.
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