Shawn Burks

{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Shawn Burks

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| number = 58

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|2|10}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 230

| high_school = Central (LA)

| college = LSU

| undraftedyear = 1986

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1986}})

| highlights =

• Second-team All-SEC (1984)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 15

| pfr = BurkSh20

}}

Shawn Spencer Burks (born February 10, 1963) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Louisiana State University.{{Cite news|last=Stellino|first=Vito|date=October 6, 1986|title=Burks does job despite distractions|pages=23|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91225629/shawn-burks/|access-date=December 27, 2021}}