UD lineman ready to go after injuries

[YoUDeeMan]

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"A two-way All-State lineman and state lineman of the year as a junior, Burrows was getting Division I-A looks. He'd planned to choose from among summer-camp invitations to Penn State, Syracuse, West Virginia and North Carolina before the injury.

Afterward, Burrows quickly tried to shed his disappointment and move ahead.

"I never let it bother me," he said. "I'm still going to a great school and now it's all behind me. I'm back in the groove. It feels good to know they [UD coaches] still have faith in me and my potential. I just need to go out and prove myself."

That is a process that takes time, toil and considerable sweat, which Burrows was expending Thursday morning.

Wroblewski said the 6-foot-3 Burrows has already constructed a sturdy foundation from which to launch a successful college football career "by making his body better."

"He might have been out of high school for a couple years but he's a true freshman right now," Wroblewski said, "so the game is flying in his eyes. He was 282 or 283 [pounds] when he got here. He was 307 the first day of camp and he's only got 19-percent body fat. We want our linemen under 21 percent. We don't want big, fat guys."