36 Facts About Nate Burleson

Nathaniel Eugene Burleson was born on August 19,1981 and is a Canadian-born American television host, football commentator, and former football player.

Nate Burleson played professionally as a wide receiver in the National Football League.

Nate Burleson played college football for the Nevada Wolf Pack and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Nate Burleson was a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.

Nate Burleson is at Paramount, co-hosting CBS Mornings and covering football for CBS on its The NFL Today program, as well as on Nickelodeon.

Nate Burleson previously co-hosted Good Morning Football on NFL Network, along with being a New York correspondent for the entertainment news program Extra from 2019 to 2021.

Nate Burleson has been featured on several rap songs under the name New Balance.

At the time his father, Al Nate Burleson, was playing defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.

Nate Burleson was born into a prolific and tight-knit sporting family.

Kevin and Nate Burleson are one of only two sibling duos in which one brother played in the NBA while the other played in the NFL.

However, Nate Burleson remains proud of his Canadian heritage, sporting a maple leaf tattoo and expressing interest in playing for Canada in a World Cup of football to the media.

Nate Burleson attended Lindbergh High School in the suburb of Renton as a freshman, and then transferred to O'Dea High School in Seattle, where he graduated.

Nate Burleson was on the school's track and field team, competing as a sprinter and hurdler.

Nate Burleson won the state title in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 38.70 seconds in 1999, and finished eighth in 110-meter hurdles as junior.

Nate Burleson hoped to attend the University of Washington, his father's alma mater, but was not offered a football scholarship.

Nate Burleson currently holds the WAC and Nevada all-time records for single game receptions with 19 catches.

Nate Burleson graduated with a degree in human development and family studies.

Nate Burleson was selected in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, the 71st overall pick.

Nate Burleson put up strong numbers, reaching over 1,000 receiving yards for the first time in his career.

Not only a good receiver, but a standout special teams player, Nate Burleson is the only player in NFL history to have three punt returns of 90 or more yards.

On March 24,2006, Nate Burleson signed a seven-year $49 million offer sheet to play with his hometown Seattle Seahawks.

In retribution for the Vikings signing an offer sheet with former Seahawks guard Steve Hutchinson, the Seahawks put clauses in Nate Burleson's offer sheet which made it virtually impossible for Minnesota to match.

The offer sheet stated that the entire $49 million would be guaranteed if Nate Burleson played five games, in one season, in the state of Minnesota, or if his average per year exceeded the average of all running backs on the team combined.

On September 7,2008, Nate Burleson tore a ligament in his knee in Seattle's season opener against the Bills.

Nate Burleson was put on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.

Nate Burleson owns the Seahawk team record for most punt return yards in a single season as well as career punt return yards.

Nate Burleson reunited with his former offensive coordinator, Scott Linehan, with whom he had his best season of his career in 2004, when he caught 68 passes for 1,006 yards and nine touchdowns while playing for the Vikings.

Nate Burleson was cut from the Lions on February 13,2014.

Nate Burleson attended a Broadcast Boot Camp put on by the NFL in 2012.

In 2015, Nate Burleson was a member of the Detroit Lions preseason broadcast team as a color commentator for the Detroit Lions Television Network.

Nate Burleson joined the NFL on CBS team as a studio analyst for The NFL Today for the 2017 season, while still serving as co-host of Good Morning Football.

Nate Burleson is a two-time Sports Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Studio Analyst.

Nate Burleson made headlines after his pregame predictions for Super Bowl LVII.

Nate Burleson expanded his work with CBS and its sister properties in 2021, first as the color commentator for the NFL Wild Card game airing on Nickelodeon then as host for the first season of The Challenge: All Stars reunion show on Paramount+.

Nate Burleson continued with Nickelodeon as a host of its new weekly highlights show NFL Slimetime and reteamed with Noah Eagle and Gabrielle Nevaeh Green on the network's 2022 Wild Card broadcast.

Nate Burleson rapped on multiple songs by Wizdom under the moniker "New Balance".