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Ultimate competitor: New LSU QB Joe Burrow even played cornerback in high school

Former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow, who transferred to LSU last month, will compete with three returnees at the position this summer and fall as coach Ed Orgeron and his staff seek a replacement for two-year starter Danny Etling.

Jay LaPrete

There are so many highlights of Joe Burrow’s storied high school football career in Ohio that it’s incredibly difficult to pick one that stands out.

It’s easier to look at what the athletic Burrow did as a cornerback, yes cornerback, than try to analyze the eye-popping numbers he hung up as the starting quarterback at Athens High School from 2012 to 2014.