Cornell University Athletics

As a senior (2021)

• Named second-team All-Ivy League.
• Started 20 consecutive games at center.
• Critical leader on an offensive line that led the Ivy League and ranked fifth nationally with 0.9 sacks allowed per game – three fewer than any other Ivy school allowed.
• The offensive line allowed a school record-low nine sacks, destroying previous mark of 17 (done three times) despite ranking second in the Ivy in pass attempts.
• Was second in the Ivy and 16th nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed (4.2 per game).
• The team averaged 121.7 yards rushing with 12 touchdowns on the ground despite not having one individual average more than 7.0 carries per game.
• The Big Red didn’t allow a sack against nationally-ranked VMI, Colgate or Penn and no more than two in any game.
 

As a junior (2020)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

As a sophomore (2019)

• Played in each of the team's 10 games with nine starts at center.
• Despite only one returning starter, anchored a line that helped an offense increase its scoring average, total offense and rushing touchdowns.
• The line allowed one sack or less in five of the team’s seven Ivy games.
• Helped plow the way for an offense that rushed for 263 yards and three touchdowns in a win at Marist.
• Opened holes for teammate Harold Coles' career-best 141-yard performance at Ivy preseason favorite Yale as the Big Red line surrendered just one sack.
• Helped pave the way for an offense that piled up 470 yards of offense and scored 37 points without allowing a sack in the win over Brown.
• The team had four games with more than 400 yards of total offense – including two 200-yard rushing games and five with at least 250 passing yards.
 

As a freshman (2018)

• Played in five total games as a reserve on the offensive line.
• Made his varsity debut in the win over Sacred Heart and also saw time at No. 17 Colgate.

Prior to Cornell

• A two-time all-state selection, Burns earned first-team honors on the offensive line as a senior captain at Bishop Miege HS.
• He was part of teams that captured four consecutive 4A state football titles, lettering all four seasons.
• Burns was a first-team all-league pick as a senior and a second-team selection as a junior and was named the 2018 Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete.
• He was selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl following the season. 
• He also lettered in basketball.
 

Personal

• Jack Robert Burns is the son of Robert and Barbara Burns and has a younger brother and sister.
• His father played football at Harvard, while his uncle John played football at Missouri.
• He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.