Countdown to Kickoff: Terrell Burgess is the Saints Player of Day 24
We are down to a 24 day wait until the New Orleans Saints begin their 2025 regular season. Their opponent will be the Arizona Cardinals, who they'll host in the Superdome. Veteran safety Terrell Burgess wears No. 24 with the Saints at the moment. If that plays out, he'd become the 26th player to wear that number in the regular season for the team. Burgess is also our Saints Player of the Day. Here's a closer look at his career.
From San Marcos High School in California, Burgess committed to the University of Utah. He'd spend his first three seasons as a little-used reserve. As a senior in 2019, Burgess finally earned a starting role. He responded by finishing third on the Utes with 81 tackles, including 8 for loss and a half sack. Burgess also had 1 interception, broke up 5 passes, and had 2 fumble recoveries. He'd shown enough for the Los Angeles Rams and defensive coordinator Brandon Staley to select him at the end of the third round in the 2020 NFL draft.
Burgess appeared in seven games as a reserve safety and special teamer during his rookie year before a broken ankle ended his season. The following year, Burgess played in 16 games with two starts as a member of a Rams defense that helped the team to a Super Bowl LVI title. Los Angeles released Burgess eight games into the 2022 season, where he'd be picked up by the New York Giants but make just one game appearance. Burgess was signed by Washington during the 2023 offseason in free agency. He'd be with Washington only one year, recording a career-best 25 tackles over 12 contests. In 2024, Burgess signed a free-agent deal with the Buffalo Bills, but was released at the end of training camp.
Now reunited with Brandon Staley, his first defensive coordinator with the Rams, Burgess is trying to earn a spot in the New Orleans safety rotation. He's also reunited with Julian Blackmon, a teammate at Utah. Burgess is very good on special teams, which could turn the heads of coaches. He'll also have to show something defensively in the preseason, where he'll be competing with Jordan Howden, rookie Jonas Sanker, Ugo Amadi, J.T. Gray, and Elliott Davison for just a few available spots behind expected starters Blackmon and Justin Reid.
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