{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Burnell Dent | number = 56 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|16}} | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 236 | high_school = Destrehan {{avoid wrap|(Destrehan, Louisiana)}} | college = Tulane | draftyear = 1986 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 143 | pastteams = * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1986|1992}}) * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1993}})* * New York Giants (1993) | statlabel1 = Sacks | statvalue1 = 4.5 | statlabel2 = Interceptions | statvalue2 = 1 | statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue3 = 2 | pfr = DentBu20 }}
'''Burnell Joseph Dent''' (born March 16, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.
==Playing career== ===High school career=== Dent from St. Rose, Louisiana, played high school football at Destrehan High School in Destrehan, Louisiana, where he became the school's all-time leading tackler and was named All-State in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lobservateur.com/2000/10/07/dent-delivers-lesson-on-life-anti-drug-message-to-students/|title=Dent delivers lesson on life, anti-drug message to students|newspaper=L'Observateur|access-date=March 29, 2020|date=October 7, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.14-0productions.com/destrehan.html|title=Destrehan Wildcats|publisher=14-0productions.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref>
===College career=== Dent played collegiately at Tulane University from 1982 to 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/tulanegreenwave/docs/2019_tulane_football_media_guide|title=All-Time LetterWinners|publisher=issuu.com/tulanegreenwave|page=144|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/2016/6/13/sports-m-footbl-archive-081910aaq-html.aspx|title=Year-By-Year Summaries (1980s)|publisher=tulanegreenwave.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref> He finished his career as the Green Wave's all-time leader in career tackles with 492 and tackles in a season with 172.<ref name="C'est La Vie">{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/lobservateur/docs/river_parishes_magazine_spring_2016|title=Packer to Preacher|work=C'est La Vie, The River Parishes Magazine|pages=10–12|access-date=March 29, 2020|date=Spring 2016|page= }}</ref> He was a 1984 Second Team All-South Independent, 1985 First Team All-South Independent Selection. In 1998, Dent was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref name="C'est La Vie"/>
===Professional career=== Dent was selected in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played linebacker for the Packers from 1986 to 1992 and the New York Giants in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/burnelldent/2500371/profile|title=Burnell Dent|work=nfl.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giants.com/photos/03_alltime_covington_flenniken.pdf|title=Giants All-Time Roster, 2003 Information Guide|publisher=giants.com|access-date=April 15, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208062210/http://www.giants.com/photos/03_alltime_covington_flenniken.pdf|archive-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Maxymuk|first1=John|title=Uniform Numbers of the NFL|date=16 February 2015|trans-title=All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5pDAwAAQBAJ&q=burnell+dent+uniform+numbers+of+the+nfl%3A+all-time+rosters%2C+facts+and+figures&pg=PA110|access-date=March 29, 2020|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=978-1476603988|page=110}}</ref> He played in 95 games in his NFL career, with a total of 4.5 sacks and an interception.<ref>{{cite news|title=Burnell Dent|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/7200/burnell-dent|work=ESPN|access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DentBu20.htm|title=Burnell Dent|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=April 15, 2009}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Green Bay Packers 1986 NFL draft picks}}
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