Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Reginald Burnette had been on indefinite leave following the Jan. 29 arrest.
A former NFL linebacker accused of exposing himself to a woman in an East Cobb subdivision last month has resigned from his job at a Sandy Springs school. Reginald Burnette submitted his resignation as Mount Vernon Presbyterian School head football coach last week, the school's spokeswoman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Burnette, 44, was arrested Jan. 29 on a misdemeanor public indecency charge, according to Cobb County Sheriff's Office online records. He was released the same day on $1,000 bond. The alleged incident did not involve students or employees of Mount Vernon, which serves children in preschool through 12th grade, according to the AJC. Burnette played three years in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay …
Monday, December 12, 2011
The former Pope High quarterback is creating a national buzz after leading the Houston Texans to their first playoff berth.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
The story of Pope High alumnus T.J. Yates’ rookie NFL season keeps getting better. The quarterback from East Cobb by way of the University of North Carolina threw a game-winning, division-clinching touchdown pass for the Houston Texans with two seconds left in the game Sunday at Cincinnati. The 6-yard touchdown gave Yates 300 yards and two scores passing for the game, a 20-19 Texans win over the Bengals. That touchdown pass completed an 80-yard, 2½-minute drive with no timeouts, as well as a comeback from deficits of 16-3 at halftime and 19-10 with less than six minutes left in the fourth quarter. The drive included a 17-yard scramble by Yates on third and 15 at the Bengal 40 with 44 seconds left. Yates added 36 yards running for the game …
Sunday, December 4, 2011
In his first NFL start, the former Pope quarterback threw for a touchdown as Houston defeated his hometown team.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
T.J. Yates threw for a touchdown on Sunday, the same as his Falcons counterpart, Matt Ryan. But the former Pope High School athlete made his first start in the National Football League a winning one, as the Houston Texans defeated Atlanta 17-10 for a franchise record sixth consecutive win. Even after his top receiver, Andre Johnson, left the game with a hamstring injury, Yates capably guided the Texans on a 19-play, 85-yard drive in the fourth quarter that yielded the game-winning touchdown. For the game, Yates completed 12 of 25 pass attempts for 188 yards as Houston improved to 9-3, tied for the best record in the AFC. A few instant reactions from Reliant Stadium about Yates, who was forced into action last week after second-string QB …
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Two injuries have elevated the East Cobb rookie out of UNC to be the starting quarterback for the Houston Texans.
Pope High School alumnus T.J. Yates suddenly finds himself as the starting quarterback for an NFL team that expects to be in the playoffs. And his first start looks as if it will come next Sunday at home against his hometown team, the Atlanta Falcons. Yates took over the Houston Texans’ offense Sunday afternoon when Matt Leinart was knocked out of the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars with an injury to his throwing shoulder late in the first half. Although the Texans refused to declare Leinart done for the year, NFL.com reported that he has a broken collarbone and is finished this season. Two weeks ago the East Cobb product was a third-string rookie quarterback for the Texans, learning the system and remaining inactive each week as the…
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11:59 pm on Monday, November 28, 2011
The Houston Texans made it official: T.J. Yates will start against the Falcons. “It’s T.J.’s job,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “I told him and the team that today. It’s his opportunity.” http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2011/11/texans-to-work-out-delhomme-garcia/ more ›