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Lafayette College Athletics

2021 Spring Football Roster

60 John Burk

  • Pos. OL
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 6-4
  • Weight 320
  • Hometown Lake Hiawatha, N.J.
  • High School Parsippany
  • Major Electrical and Computer Engineering

Biography

2021 Spring: One of four players elected by teammates to serve as a captain...earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors for a second straight season...selected for the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society...started every game at right tackle, helping lead an offense that finished second in the Patriot League in total offense and sacks allowed...one of 38 Leopard selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after achieving a 3.93 semester GPA.

2019: Earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors...one of three offensive linemen who started every game in 2019, lining up at right tackle...selected to the All-Patriot League Third Team by Phil Steele...helped the offense finish second in the Patriot League with 137.7 rushing yards per game in conference play...the Leopard offense added 5.4 points, 26.2 rushing yards and 51.4 passing yards per game from its 2018 output...one of 31 Leopards named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, holding a 3.93 semester GPA.

2018: Started all 11 games at right guard...part of an offensive line that led the Patriot League in sacks allowed and tackles for loss allowed...one of 27 Leopards named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, holding a 3.25 semester GPA.

2017: Missed entire season due to injury...one of 38 Leopards named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, holding a 4.0 semester GPA.

AT PARSIPPANY: All-State honorable mention selection...all-conference and all-county first-team honoree...selected to the NJFCA Super 100...named team MVP and team's top lineman...three-year varsity starter, playing offensive line, defensive line and kicker...school record holder in the shot put and discus...named the 2016 team MVP of the track and field team while being selected all-county and all-conference...member of the National Honor Society and French National Honor Society...maintained a 4.2 GPA...member of the Lakeland Youth Symphony. 

Personal: Son of Frederic and Stephanie Burk...has an older brother, Stephen, who competed in track and field at Michigan...grandfather, Stephen Unger played football at Wake Forest while great uncles, John Unger and Thomas Unger '68 played at Rutgers and Lafayette, respectively...born 9/25/98.

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Historical Player Information

  • 60

    2017Freshman

    OL
    6'4" 315 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2018Sophomore

    OL
    6'4" 310 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2019Junior

    OL
    6'4" 325 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2020Senior

    OL
    6'4" 320 lbs
    60