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PEOPLE<br />
a world-traveling poet or painter when<br />
he was a kid. Then came on-screen aspirations.<br />
When puberty hit, Burleson<br />
realized sports could be a vehicle for<br />
his dreams.<br />
“If you were to ask me as a young kid<br />
what I wanted to be, of course I would<br />
probably quickly yell out, ‘I want to play<br />
in the NBA or NFL,’” Burleson says.<br />
“But if you sat me down and talked to<br />
me about my interests, football would<br />
be the fourth or fifth thing on the list. As<br />
much as I loved the NFL—here’s a strong<br />
statement, and I’ll stick by it—even when<br />
I was playing in it, it wasn’t the most important<br />
thing in my life. I had this sixth<br />
sense that it was going to end soon. And<br />
maybe that was just me understanding<br />
that careers don’t last long.”<br />
Burleson still works in the NFL<br />
media space, lending his expertise to<br />
CBS’s pregame show, The NFL Today,<br />
Nickelodeon’s kid-friendly football<br />
programming, and the NFL Network.<br />
In May, he won his second consecutive<br />
Emmy for outstanding sports personality/studio<br />
analyst.<br />
But Burleson felt he “was put in a<br />
box just talking about football” when he<br />
was only appearing on shows dedicated<br />
to the sport. “Not to say that sports are<br />
surface level, but there were days where<br />
I felt like that. There were more important<br />
things to talk about,” Burleson says.<br />
“I didn’t feel fulfilled.”<br />
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