Tom Burke (American football)
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Poplar, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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| Born | October 12, 1976 Poplar, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Northwestern (Maple, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||||
| College | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1999: 3rd round, 83rd overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Thomas Allen Burke (born October 12, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1998. During the 1997–1998 season, Burke led all college football with 22 sacks and 31 total tackles for loss while helping Wisconsin to a Rose Bowl victory and #5 overall ranking. He was chosen in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Cardinals and played all four years of his NFL career with Arizona.
Burke was born in Poplar, Wisconsin.[1] He attended Northwestern High School in nearby Maple, Wisconsin,[2] and played for the Northwestern Tigers high school football team, of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA), Heart O' North Conference.