Nate Burleson Biography

Nate Burleson is an award winning journalist currently working as a co-host of “CBS Mornings,”. He started in the position in September 2021 when he joined Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil on the CBS morning news program.

Nate Burleson Career

Burleson is also an Emmy Award-winning studio analyst for the CBS Sports’ NFL pre-game, halftime and post-game show, “The NFL Today,” and is the host of Nickelodeon’s “NFL Slime Time.”

As co-host of “CBS Mornings,” he has reported extensively on the importance of mental health and emotional wellbeing. In addition, his reporting has included interviews with a range of professional athletes, such as Kevin Love, Brandon Marshall and Didi Richards, to discuss how they have handled their mental health challenges. Moreover, Burleson also sat down with NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown for his first network news interview since abruptly quitting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the middle of a game.

He joined CBS Sports in 2017 and is a two-time Sports Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst. As well as the winner of the Outstanding Playoff Coverage Emmy Award for the NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon in 2021. Furthermore, Burleson spent five years as a host on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” before joining CBS News.

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Additionally, he also continues to contribute to NFL Network as well as CBS Sports Network’s Sunday pre-game show, “That Other Pregame Show” (TOPS). In a 2020 documentary for NFL Network, Burleson shined a light on Frederick “Fritz” Pollard, the first African American to play and coach professional football. From 2019 to 2021, he was as an entertainment correspondent for “Extra,” where he handled high-profile interviews, such as Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Senator Cory Booker, Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson. Burleson’s career in television began in 2014 with the NFL Network.

In addition, he hosts a podcast with Uninterrupted, does voiceover work with Draft Kings, produces art, poetry, and music. Burleson has opened restaurants and launched a clothing label and a jewelry line.

Burleson played 11 years in the National Football League (NFL) as a wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions. In 2003, he was drafted in the third round by the Minnesota Vikings. Furthermore, Burleson is the only player in NFL history to have three punt returns of 90-or-more yards. He was a communications major at the University of Nevada, Reno where he was a standout player for the Wolf Pack.

He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but raised in Seattle, Washington D.C. Burleson graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from University of Nevada, Reno in 2002. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Atoya and is a father to three children, two sons Nathaniel and Nehemiah and a daughter Mia Pearl who appears on NFL Slime time as a contributor.

Nate Burleson Age

Burleson was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 19 August 1981 and is now 43 years old as of 2024.

Nate Burleson Height and Weight

He stands at approximately 6 feet 0 inches (1.83m) tall and weighs about 90kgs (198lb)

Nate Burleson Education

 Burleson attended Rainier View Elementary School in Seattle, Washington D.C.  He attended Lindbergh High School in the suburb of Renton as a freshman, and then transferred to O’Dea High School in Seattle, where he graduated. As a senior, he was named Seattle Times City Athlete of the Year. In addition, Burleson was also on the school’s track and field team, competing as a sprinter and hurdler. He won the state title in the 300 meters hurdle with a time of 38.70 seconds in 1999, and finished eighth in 110-metres hurdle as a junior.

Burleson hoped to attend the University of Washington, his father’s alma mater, but was not offered a football scholarship. Instead he accepted a scholarship from University of Nevada. Burleson graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from University of Nevada, Reno in 2002.

Nate Burleson Family

He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but raised in Seattle, Washington D.C. Burleson was born into a prolific and tight-knit sporting family. His father, Al Burleson played defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). His oldest brother, Alvin Jr. played college football for the University of Washington Huskies and Western Illinois University Leathernecks. One of his other older brothers played professional basketball and was formerly a point guard for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

His younger brother Lyndale played college backetball for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Kevin and Nate Burleson are one of only two sibling duos in which one brother played in the NBA while the other played in the NFL.  As a mark of his father’s influence, Nate Burleson’s jersey number on the Seattle Seahawks, 81, was his father’s high school number.

In 1983, his father signed with the Los Angeles Express of the United States football League (USFL), relocating the family back to the United States. However, Burleson remains proud of his Canadian citizenship, sporting a maple leaf tattoo and expressing interest in playing for Canada in a World Cup of football to the media. After an injury ended Alvin Burleson’s playing career, he moved the family to his hometown of Seattle, Washington D.C., where he worked for Associated Grocers.

Nate Burleson Wife

Burleson resides in New Jersey with his wife, Atoya.

Nate Burleson Children

He is father to three children, two sons Nathaniel and Nehemiah and a daughter Mia Pearl who appears on NFL Slime time as a contributor.