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Former Tide staffer, Burton Burns to coach RB’s for the New York Giants

One of the legends of Alabama football is headed to the pros.

For 11 seasons, Burton Burns was simply known as the best running backs’ coach in college football. He turned the Crimson Tide into “RBU” or Running Back University, producing nine 1,000-yard rushers, two Heisman Trophy winners and placing many guys into the NFL Draft.

Burns started with Glenn Coffee, but he would mentor Mark Ingram (Heisman winner), Trent Richardson, Eddie Lacy, T.J. Yeldon, Kenyan Drake, Derrick Henry (Heisman winner) and Damien Harris into being successful. The 67-year-old was one of Nick Saban’s long-tenured assistants behind five national championships and five conference titles from 2007 to 2017.