Terrell Burgess has performed on the profitable facet within the Tremendous Bowl, and was a third-round draft choose in 2020.
Nonetheless, it caught some folks off guard when he was introduced because the chief in Professional Bowl voting amongst NFC particular groups gamers. A type of folks was Burgess himself, who obtained a textual content from a teammate when the information first got here out.
“I used to be like, ‘Oh shoot, that’s fairly loopy,’” Burgess mentioned on Thursday. “I believed it was fairly cool. Hopefully it stays that approach.”
Burgess, a security, performed particular groups for the Rams after they gained the Tremendous Bowl two years in the past, and after a season with the Giants landed in Washington for this season, the place he’s been a constant presence on particular groups, logging seven tackles this season.
None of that fairly explains how he ended up atop the Professional Bowl poll, although.
“I imply, I don’t have like a military of bots, if that’s what you’re asking,” Burgess mentioned.
What he does have is a community of individuals pulling for him. That begins with Commanders followers (every workforce nominates only one particular groups participant), in addition to faculty followers from his days in Utah, and a household that has labored to unfold the phrase concerning the vote.
“I’m simply blessed to be within the place I’m in,” Burgess mentioned.
He added that he’s obtained an opportunity to make a closing argument this weekend in opposition to the Jets.
“I’m simply going to attempt to hold making tackles, possibly get a compelled fumble this week to place a stamp on it or one thing,” he mentioned.
