Henry Burris
Henry Burris at Calgary Stampeders training camp in 2006
Date of birth:	June 4, 1975 (1975-06-04) (age 33)
Place of birth:	Spiro, Oklahoma, U.S.
Career information
Status:	Active
CFL status:	Import
Position(s):	QB
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1. The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith Arkansas-Oklahoma Statistical Area. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. 88 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Jersey №:	1, 10
College:	Temple University
Organizations
As player:
1998-1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003-2004 2005-present	Calgary Stampeders Saskatchewan Roughriders Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Berlin Thunder Saskatchewan Roughriders Calgary Stampeders
Career highlights and Awards
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at CFL.ca

Henry Burris, Jr. In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia. The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europa, which was a springtime American football league serving primarily as a developmental (born June 4, 1975 in Spiro, Oklahoma) is a professional Canadian and former American football player. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith Arkansas-Oklahoma Statistical Area. In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Burris plays the quarterback position with the Canadian Football League Calgary Stampeders. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. Burris spent one year as a reserve quarterback for the National Football League's Chicago Bears. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. Burris is also known as "Smilin' Hank" for his broad, perpetual grin.

Early life

Burris attended Spiro High School in Spiro, Oklahoma and won four varsity letters each in football, track, basketball, and baseball. Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith Arkansas-Oklahoma Statistical Area. A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities High school football is one of most popular interscholastic sports at High schools in the United States and the second most popular in Canada. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each In football, he was named the Oklahoma Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. Twelfth grade, (also known as senior year or Senior 4 in the U

Burris attended Temple University and finished with 20 passing records. Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia.

Professional career

Burris went undrafted in the NFL, and signed a contract with the CFL's Calgary Stampeders in 1997. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. He spent the 1997 season on the Stampeders' practice roster. The 1997 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 44th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 40th Canadian Football

He had his first, limited playing time in 1998 in relief of Jeff Garcia and Dave Dickenson, while dressing for all of the Stampeders' games. This article is about the Tampa Bay football player For the comedian/voice actor see Jeff Garcia. David Dickenson (born January 11, 1973 in Great Falls Montana) is a professional Canadian football player with the Calgary Stampeders In 1999 he received more playing time as Dickenson's backup. He replaced Dickenson in the third week game against the Edmonton Eskimos, leading the Stampeders to a come-from-behind victory. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. He started the following two games against the Montreal Alouettes and British Columbia Lions, leading the Stampeders to another victory in the former. The Montreal Alouettes ( French: les Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. He was injured in the third quarter of the latter, and spent the rest of the season on the injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL) is one of the four major Ligaments of the Knee.

He moved on to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for his first opportunity to be a full-time starting quarterback. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910. He started the first 16 games of the Roughriders season, throwing for 4,647 yards and 30 touchdowns; the best of totals of his career. The Green Bay Packers took interest in him after the CFL season ended, and signed him to a contract. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin.

Burris began playing in the NFL in 2001, when he spent several weeks as the Packers' third-string quarterback, before he was released and spending the rest of the season on their practice squad. The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League. A roster can be a list of people and the times when they are required to work In sports the scout team, also referred to as a practice team, practice squad or practice roster, is a group of players on a team whose task is to emulate He was signed by the Chicago Bears in the off-season. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. In six games for the Bears he completed 18 of 51 passes for 207 yards, with three touchdowns and five interceptions. He received significant playing time only in the last two games of the regular season. He was 8 of 22 for 50 yards and a touchdown against Carolina, fumbling twice, and 7 of 19 for 78 yards and four interceptions against Tampa Bay, for a 10. The Carolina Panthers are a professional football team based in Charlotte North Carolina, representing both North Carolina and South Carolina in the Fumblespng|300px|right|thumb|The rate of fumbles by running backs in the NFL has decreased steadily since the AFL-NFL merger. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa Florida. 3 QB rating. While his passing was quite poor he showed better than average running ability for a quarterback, finishing the 2002 season with 15 rushes for 104 yards.

The Bears assigned him to NFL Europe's Berlin Thunder in 2003 where he performed respectably. NFL Europa was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europa, which was a springtime American football league serving primarily as a developmental Unhappy with being relegated to Berlin by the Bears, he returned to the CFL and the Roughriders, his former club. He immediately became Nealon Greene's back-up. Nealon Greene (born April 13, 1976 in Yonkers New York) is an American -born Canadian and American football quarterback A knee injury forced him to miss the better part of the season.

He returned to form in 2004, leading the Roughriders to the 2004 Western Final, narrowly missing advancing to the Grey Cup. The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team The Roughriders lost the Western Final in overtime to the favored BC Lions.

In the off-season Burris rejected the Roughriders' contract offer in order to re-join the Calgary Stampeders, the club with whom he began his CFL career, as their starting quarterback. Burris claimed that he was never promised the Roughriders' starting quarterback position, despite leading Saskatchewan deep into the playoffs with an upset road win over the Edmonton Eskimos in the Semifinals, and then almost upsetting the Lions. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. In 2005 he took the Stampeders to the Western Semifinal where they lost at McMahon Stadium to Ricky Ray and Jason Maas of the Edmonton Eskimos. McMahon Stadium (məkˈmæn is a Canadian football Stadium located in Calgary Alberta. This article is about the Canadian Football League Quarterback Ricky Ray Jason Maas (b November 19, 1975 in Beaver Dam Wisconsin) is a Gridiron football Quarterback. In 2006 he once again helped the Stampeders advance to the CFL playoffs, hosting their second home playoff game in as many years, but lost in the West Semifinal to his former team, the Roughriders.

In the 2007 playoffs the Stampeders once again faced off against the Roughriders in the Western Semifinal (this time played at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, the Roughriders having hosted a home playoff game for the first time since 1988), and would once again ended up losing to his former team in a close 26-24 affair. Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field is a sports Stadium located in Regina Saskatchewan which is used primarily to play Canadian football. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada.

External links

• Official Website