Dj Burgess

Awards and Honors$NWMCC President's List (Spring 2024)$NJCAA Division 1 All-America, Honorable Mention (2023, 2024)$NJCAA Region 23 All-Region (2023, 2024)$All-MACCC Defensive Player of the Year (2023)$JUCO Weekly All-MACCC North Division First Team (2023)$NWMCC Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2023)$ $At Charlotte$Redshirt Junior, 2025:$Joins the 49ers ahead of spring 2025 practices$$Before Charlotte$Enjoyed two highly successful seasons at Northwest Mississippi Community College$Two-Time NJCAA All-American and the 2023 MACCC Defensive Player of the Year$Finished seventh on the team in total tackles (35), second in sacks (4.5) and tied for fourth in tackles-for-loss (6.5) in 2024$Played in every game (24) over the span of his two-year career and helped lead NWMCC to 17 victories including a 10-win season in 2024 highlighted by a MACCC Championship$Totaled 46 tackles (20 solo), 26 assists, 9.5 tackles-for-loss, seven hurries, 2.5 sacks, one pass breakup, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 2023$Spent his true freshman season (2022) at Southern Miss$$Personal/High School$Played for head coach Michael Fair at Lafayette$Helped the Commodores to a 10-3 overall record and the second round of the MHSAA Class 5A playoffs as a senior$Enjoyed a massive senior season where he was named Mr. Football in MHSAA's Class 5A$Racked up 120 tackles (89 solo), 43 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, and 35 quarterback hurries as a senior$Also tallied one interception, 11 forced fumbles with one recovery,one blocked punt and two blocked kicks$Racked up a career-high 16 total tackles in a loss to West Point on September 24, 2021$Posted season highs for hurries (6) sacks (4) and TFLs (4) in a Sept. 10, 2021 victory against Southaven$Received Class 5A Overall Player of the Year honors, Region 1-5A MVP and Mr. Football accolades$As a junior, helped LHS to a 7-4 overall record and the first round of the Class 5A playoffs$During his sophomore season, the Commodores went 9-4 overall and advanced to the second round of the Class 5A playoffs$Father, Derrick, played at Ole Miss and enjoyed a 10-year NFL career$Has two siblings, Xalin Redmond and Xhiir Burgess