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Brandon Burlsworth
Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:40 pm
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Wow this is a very inspirational story (aside from his death). Didn't know anything about this guy until reading this page and such.
Wow this is a very inspirational story (aside from his death). Didn't know anything about this guy until reading this page and such.
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Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:43 pm to Abadeebadaba
He would've been blocking for Peyton all these years.
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Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:44 pm to Abadeebadaba
We have a painting of him on our wall at work. In uniform with the classes and all 
Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:47 pm to Marty McFrat
Crazy. What is with people getting seriously hurt (aside from Burlsworth) before they get their chance. It happened to Chad Jones also.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 12:38 am to Abadeebadaba
You can also vote on it. Cool to see some of the stories for the finalists and how they came from basically nowhere.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 1:36 am to Abadeebadaba
I read about him a couple years ago and it is a great story. I wish there could be a movie made about him. If the same director of the Blind Side could make another I would want a movie about Brandon Burlsworth.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 1:42 am to mwlewis
Posted on 12/1/11 at 1:43 am to SunHog
I still remember those glasses like it was yesterday.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 1:48 am to mwlewis
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I read about him a couple years ago and it is a great story. I wish there could be a movie made about him. If the same director of the Blind Side could make another I would want a movie about Brandon Burlsworth.
Someone already owns the movie rights.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 5:49 am to Abadeebadaba
RIP BB.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 6:30 am to mwlewis
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I read about him a couple years ago and it is a great story. I wish there could be a movie made about him. If the same director of the Blind Side could make another I would want a movie about Brandon Burlsworth.
Not sure a movie with such a sad ending would be as fun too watch as the blind side.
I read about him a couple years ago and it is a great story. I wish there could be a movie made about him. If the same director of the Blind Side could make another I would want a movie about Brandon Burlsworth.
Not sure a movie with such a sad ending would be as fun too watch as the blind side.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 7:08 am to Bamainozarks
I knew Brandon from the University of Arkansas business school. He was a really smart guy and was finishing his MBA before he got into his accident. I saw him the week before he got killed and he was a really big guy who drove an older Subaru. It was really weird to see him fit into that thing. I thought then, man if he ever got into a wreck he would never walk away from it.
Then a week later he was gone. Brandon worked harder in the classroom than he did on the field and would have been successful in anything he had chosen to do.
Then a week later he was gone. Brandon worked harder in the classroom than he did on the field and would have been successful in anything he had chosen to do.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 7:13 am to HawgAlude
John Ed Bradley wrote a good piece in SI about him. I was young when he was playing, but I remember him against LSU, probably because of the glasses.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 8:49 am to ProjectP2294
Terrible deal. I still remember where I was standing and who told me about his wreck. This boy did things the right way. And he didnt go around telling everyone about it. He will never be forgotten at the U of A.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 9:05 am to Abadeebadaba
As a Tiger fan, I always appreciated Burlsworth and his story. I drive from Harrison over to Springdale on 412 all the time, is that the same highway he died on?
Posted on 12/1/11 at 9:35 am to Stuttgart Tiger
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As a Tiger fan, I always appreciated Burlsworth and his story. I drive from Harrison over to Springdale on 412 all the time, is that the same highway he died on?
I think so.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 9:46 am to ProjectP2294
Posted on 12/1/11 at 10:30 am to HotWheelz77
i remember reading about his death when i was in high school in georgia. then years later after playing some college baseball in st. louis, i took a job in harrison, arkansas.
i was reminded of the story had read several years earlier...so sad.
i was reminded of the story had read several years earlier...so sad.
Posted on 12/1/11 at 12:30 pm to Abadeebadaba
He was awesome and his story is truly inspirational. RIP Brandon.
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