Tristan Burge (born June 4, 1985) is a former American football safety. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Eastern Illinois. After each of his Junior and Senior years he was named to the All-Conference First-team of the Ohio Valley Conference. He was also named a Third-team I-AA American by both the AP and TSN.

After his stint with the Packers Practice Squad in the Summer of 2007, Burge played two seasons of professional indoor football: with the Rockford, Illinois Rock River Raptors in 2008,and the Bloomington, Illinois Extreme in 2009.

Tristan Burge

Coaching career

For the 3 Seasons between 2009-2011 Burge served as Assistant Coach at Romeoville High School in his home town, where he coached Wide Receivers and Defensive backs.

Tristan Burge

He moved to Frostburg State for the 2012 Season as a Graduate Assistant and coached Defensive Backs as well as the Kickers/Punters.

Tristan Burge

For the 2013 Season he moved on to the University of Rhode Island to work on the staff of Head Coach Joe Trainer as Cornerbacks Coach.

In April 2014, Burge joined the staff of Head Coach Dan McCarney at the University of North Texas as a Graduate Assistant.

External links

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Rock River Raptors bio

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University of Rhode Island

1985 births

Living people

People from Romeoville, Illinois

Players of American football from Will County, Illinois

American football safeties

Eastern Illinois Panthers football players

Green Bay Packers players