FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A barber Juston Burris is not.
But thanks to the rookie cornerback’s ball-hawking skills, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is now walking around with a buzz cut.
The Jets quarterback made headlines on Wednesday after arriving at practice without his messy mop of hair. But, as a source told Newsday that afternoon, the close-cropped hairdo wasn’t Fitzpatrick’s idea. It was actually his penance for losing a team-issued bet.
And it was Burris who was given the honor of shaving Fitzpatrick’s head in front of the entire team.
During their pre-practice stretching period on Tuesday, a couple of veterans presented a wager for their scruffy quarterback: The next defensive player to pick off Fitzpatrick can shave his unruly hair.