Tony Burse
Tony Lee Burse
Born: April 4, 1965
Lafayette, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220
College: Middle Tenn. St.
High School: LaFayette (GA)
Career: 1987-2001
Drafted: 1987 in Round 12, #324 overall by the Seattle Seahawks
Tony Burse played from 1987 to 2001 during his career with the Buffalo Destroyers, Detroit Drive, Edmonton Eskimos, Massachusetts Marauders, Sacramento Gold Miners, Sacramento Surge, San Antonio Texans, Seattle Seahawks and Toronto Argonauts. Burse ran for 1,953 yards in his career on 521 attempts, scoring 49 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 157 passes for 1,523 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
 Seattle Seahawks |
 Sacramento Surge |
 Detroit Drive |
 Massachusetts Marauders |
 Sacramento Gold Miners |
 San Antonio Texans |
 Edmonton Eskimos |
 Buffalo Destroyers |
 Toronto Argonauts |
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1987 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 16 | 0 | 1991 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 19 | 51 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 | 1992 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 | 1993 | Arena Detroit Drive | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 2 | 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 | 1994 | Arena Massachusetts Marauders | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 7 | 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 60 | 304 | 5.1 | 40 | 2 | 1996 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 50 | 213 | 4.3 | 59 | 6 | 1997 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 80 | 254 | 3.2 | 26 | 13 | 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 22 | 96 | 4.4 | 20 | 2 | 1999 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 92 | 431 | 4.7 | 46 | 3 | 1999 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 54 | 146 | 2.7 | 10 | 2000 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 27 | 94 | 3.5 | 11 | 2 | 2000 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 1 | 2001 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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| NFL | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 16 | 0 | |
| WLAF | 47 | 137 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 | |
| Arena League | 123 | 347 | 2.8 | 0 | 20 | |
| CFL | 344 | 1433 | 4.2 | 59 | 29 | |
| Totals | 521 | 1953 | 3.7 | 59 | 49 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1991 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 | 1992 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 22 | 215 | 9.8 | 34 | 0 | 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 | 1994 | Arena Massachusetts Marauders | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 30 | 291 | 9.7 | 43 | 0 | 1996 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 168 | 9.3 | 18 | 2 | 1997 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 29 | 309 | 10.7 | 27 | 0 | 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 | 1999 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 176 | 12.6 | 52 | 0 | 1999 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 2000 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 | 2000 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 2001 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLAF | 35 | 287 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Arena League | 8 | 98 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| CFL | 114 | 1138 | 10.0 | 52 | 2 | |
| Totals | 157 | 1523 | 9.7 | 52 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1987 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1992 | WLAF Sacramento Surge | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 | 1993 | Arena Detroit Drive | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1999 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 22 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| WLAF | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Arena League | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 22 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | 1994 | Arena Massachusetts Marauders | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2001 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena League | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Def | ST | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1987 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 | Arena Detroit Drive | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1994 | Arena Massachusetts Marauders | 14.5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1996 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1997 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1999 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1999 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2001 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 8.5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arena League | 42 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 73 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1993 | Arena Detroit Drive | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1994 | CFL Sacramento Gold Miners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1994 | Arena Massachusetts Marauders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1995 | CFL San Antonio Texans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1996 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1997 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1998 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1999 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1999 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2000 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2000 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Arena League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
| CFL | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | |
| Totals | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 314 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1987 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 12 | 0 | 1991 | WLAF | Sacramento Surge | 10 | 2 | 1992 | WLAF | Sacramento Surge | 1993 | Arena | Detroit Drive | 4 | 1994 | CFL | Sacramento Gold Miners | 6 | 1994 | Arena | Massachusetts Marauders | 9 | 1995 | CFL | San Antonio Texans | 17 | 1996 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 10 | 1997 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 1998 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | 1999 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 11 | 1999 | Arena | Buffalo Destroyers | 13 | 2000 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 8 | 2000 | Arena | Buffalo Destroyers | 4 | 2001 | Arena | Buffalo Destroyers | 6 |
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Honors
1994 - Arena All-Arena (Second-Team)
1996 - CFL CFLPA All-Star
