2022 PFN Player Profile: Dayshaun Burnett – Imani Christian

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Billy Splain | July 19, 2022

Dayshaun Burnett
Imani Christmas Academy
Class Of 2025
LB, QB, S, WR
Jersey #3
HT/WT 6’2 200lbs
43 tackles 5 TFL 2 forced fumbles 1 fumble recovery
Other sports Basketball
All Section Honorable Mention
Twitter @dburnett_10
Offers: Akron

Why do you play football?
I love this game because it is a team focused game, and teaches you brotherhood, team camaraderie is very important to me as well

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Russell Wilson because the Seahawks are my favorite team. Even though he got traded he will still be my favorite player. I just love what he does on and off the field.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
My big time tackle against Jeanette last season. The RB caught a screen pass, and I read it then I made a big time tackle on 3rd down

What are your goals for this coming season?
Win a championship, and be able to run for states

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Seattle Seahawks

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
2012 NFC championship, Seahawks vs 49ers. I love this game because it really made me like the Seahawks. When everyone thought they were gonna loose, they proved them wrong and won the NFC championship and went to a Super Bowl.

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Remember the Titans. This movie taught me to never give up on the field even if you are an underdog,

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Cleveland from the Cleveland show because that’s what he’s built like, or Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender because he is a goofy person but when he gets mad, it’s over

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
Mom: LETS GOOOOOO BABYYYY Dad: TURN IT UP, HIGH MOTOR

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
I would love them to let me return kicks, but they never do

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My Dad, he helps me strive to be the best man I can be in the future

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Track however my school does not have a track team.

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
In little league football, I was playing quarterback. And I was getting ready to hike to ball, and my voice cracked during my cadence. And everyone started to laugh at me.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My sister because other than my mother, she is the loudest person in the stands.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
To draw or play video games, because it is such a good past time and it is really fun for me.

What is your favorite football memory to date?
When I got a big hit in my little league all star game and forced a fumble.

What is your favorite play to run?
Offense: Smash concept Defense: Any play I get to blitz

What scares you the most?
Injuries and clowns

Music of choice:
Hip Hop

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles action figures. Or lightning McQueen toys

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Applebees or Texas Roadhouse

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Dominican Republic

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
The Seahawks vs Patriots 2011

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