Scott Burley

Scott was born in Baltimore, Maryland to mother Sabrina Burley. He attended Woodlawn Senior High School where he was a four-year starter as an offensive tackle. He also played the position of defensive tackle as a junior and senior. As a junior, he allowed only one quarterback sack, and as a senior, he recorded 45 pancake blocks while allowing no sacks. That final season, he also recorded six sacks while playing on defense.

As a junior, Burley was named an Associated Press all-state, Baltimore Sun second-team All-Met, all-city, all-county, and all-division player. During his senior year, he was named a Maryland High School Football Coaches Association all-state, Baltimore Sun first-team All-Met, all-city, all-county, and al-division player. He was also a SuperPrep All-American and PrepStar "Dream Team" member. Rated the third-best overall player in the Mid-Atlantic region and one of the top 150 players in the nation, SuperPrep ranked him the 11th-best offensive tackle in the game. Burley was recruited by Florida, Maryland, Miami, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Virginia Tech.[http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/burley_scott00.html Player Bio: Scott Burley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317003922/http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/burley_scott00.html |date=2012-03-17 }}, University of Maryland, retrieved April 27, 2009. The Palm Beach Post named Burley the Terrapins' top recruit in the 2004 class.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1008D2D0E73BAD93&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM National Signing Day: ACC rankings], Palm Beach Post, February 4, 2004.

Burley attended the University of Maryland, where he majored in criminology and criminal justice. He saw action in four games as a true freshman in 2004. In 2005, he missed the first three games due to a back injury, but saw action in the final eight games for a total of 44 plays, while committing one penalty and allowing one sack. In 2006, he played in the season-opener against William & Mary, before suffering a season-ending injury, for which he was awarded a medical redshirt.

In 2007, Burley played in all 13 games at left tackle including 12 starts. That season, he was part of the offensive line unit that helped tailbacks Lance Ball and Keon Lattimore run for a combined 1,600 yards and 25 touchdowns, and allowed quarterback Chris Turner to rank as the third-most efficient in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He received the team's James M. Tatum Award as its top offensive lineman. Rivals.com named Burley a second-team All-ACC player.

In 2008, he played in all 13 games, with six starts at left tackle and six at right tackle. Lindy's and Athlon had named him a preseason second-team All-ACC player and The New York Times included him among the "players to watch".[http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/the-quad-countdown-no-55-maryland/ The Quad Countdown: No. 55 Maryland], The New York Times, July 5, 2008. Burley played on the offensive line that helped tailback Da'Rel Scott rush for 1,133 yards, and quarterback Chris Turner to throw for 2,516 yards. He was named an honorable mention All-ACC player.

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Burley was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Washington Redskins shortly after the 2009 NFL draft.[http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/redskins/2009/apr/27/redskins-agree-terms-13-undrafted-free-agents/ Redskins agree to terms with 13 undrafted free agents], The Washington Times, April 27, 2009.[http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Two_Maryland_O_Linemen_Among_12_Undrafted_Rookies_34519.jsp Two Maryland O-Linemen Among 13 Undrafted Rookies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429164417/http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Two_Maryland_O_Linemen_Among_12_Undrafted_Rookies_34519.jsp |date=2009-04-29 }}, Washington Redskins, April 27, 2009. However, he was cut at the end of the preseason. On October 19, he signed with his hometown Baltimore Mariners of the AIFA.[http://www.baltimoremariners.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=2 FORMER REDSKIN BURLEY INKED BY MARINERS], April 27, 2009.

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• [http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207383406 Maryland Terrapins bio]
• [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32687350_ITM Improved outlook: His mother's lupus is in remission, his grades are up and Terps tackle Scott Burley is ready to thrive as a senior], Baltimore Sun, August 22, 2007.
• [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32954738_ITM Injury to Burley blurs line for Terps' offense, Friedgen], The Baltimore Sun.
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101902571_pf.html Winged Terrapins play on], The Washington Post, October 20, 2007.
• [http://video1.washingtontimes.com/d1scourse/2007/11/quality_is_tape_job_one.html Quality is (tape) job one], The Washington Times, November 15, 2007.
• [http://www.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=content.asp&cid=741494&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid= Burley's grade among best ever], Rivals.com, November 20, 2007.

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Category:American football offensive tackles

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