Joe Burrow's Real Name: Joe Burrow

Quick answer: The quarterback is known professionally as Joe Burrow. LSU Athletics lists his hometown as Athens, Ohio. The official Heisman Trophy site independently describes him as being from Athens, Ohio, and records his 2019 award and later NFL career. This page titles him under the public name.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify him under the professional name Joe Burrow. LSU Athletics lists the hometown as Athens, Ohio, and Athens High School. The official Heisman Trophy site independently says the 6-foot-4 quarterback was from Athens, Ohio, was an All-State quarterback at Athens High, and was named Ohio Mr. Football.

Career highlights

The Heisman site says he began his college career at Ohio State, where he redshirted in 2015 and saw backup action in 2016 and 2017, then moved to LSU as a 2018 graduate transfer. LSU Athletics independently notes that he is an Ohio State University graduate and later completed a master's degree in liberal arts at LSU in December 2019. Both sources say he won the 2019 Heisman Trophy after leading LSU to a 15-0 season and a College Football Playoff national championship. The Heisman site says he passed for 4,715 yards and 48 touchdowns in the 2019 season described there, also won the Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O'Brien, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm awards, and was AP National Player of the Year. It also says that after the award he led LSU to a College Football Playoff semifinal win over Oklahoma and a championship win over Clemson. LSU Athletics independently says he became only the second Heisman winner in school history, after Billy Cannon in 1959, names the same major awards, and records a 42-25 championship-game win over Clemson, in which he was named Offensive Player of the Game. The Heisman site later says he was drafted first overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft and later led the Bengals to the 2022 Super Bowl and to two AFC title games. LSU Athletics independently lists the 2020 first-overall selection by Cincinnati. In 2018, LSU Athletics says he started all 13 games, posted a 10-3 record, and threw for 2,894 yards, a season the Heisman site also summarizes after his arrival as a graduate transfer.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Joe Burrow are looking for the same quarterback, including the 2019 LSU season and the Cincinnati Bengals career most often associated with his name. This page uses the public professional name.