About Burgess Owens

Biography

Burgess grew up in a successful, segregated black community in the 1960’s Deep South. He was the third Black American to receive a scholarship to play football at the University of Miami, where he earned a BS in biology and chemistry.  Burgess was a first-round NFL draft pick in 1973,  playing safety for ten seasons with the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, and won the Super Bowl with the 1980 Raiders’ team.

After retiring from the NFL, Burgess worked in the corporate sales world and eventually moved the Owens family to beautiful Utah. Before being elected to Congress, he started Second Chance 4 Youth, a non-profit dedicated to helping troubled and incarcerated youth.

Burgess now serves as Vice Chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee and a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Burgess believes in dreaming big and follows the four guiding principles of faith, family, free markets, and education.

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Committees

House Committee on Education and the Workforce

• Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chairman
• Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

• Subcommittee on Aviation
• Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
• Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

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