He played safety for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders in the NFL for ten seasons, claiming a title with the Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1980. Owens has started many businesses after leaving the NFL and is the CEO of a foundation committed to assisting troubled and jailed youngsters. He also has three children. Burgess Owens grew up in small town Georgia and always wanted to be a star football player. He was always good at sports and had lots of energy so he could not wait to try out for his school's team. When he got to the practice field he showed everyone how fast he was by running full speed into a wall of players much bigger than himself. The coach invited him to join the team and Burgess said yes immediately because he knew it would give him a chance to show what he could do. During games he used to like jumping off the bench and dancing around like a maniacal fan which made him even more popular with the other players. After his junior year Burgess decided he would go pro. He had already saved enough money from playing ball to take care of his family for a few months. But then his teacher told him about a special training program for college students who want to play professional football. It required him to stay in California for an entire season because that's where most of the teams were located at the time. He went through the training program and when he finished there were only two teams left in the league. One of them was the New York Jets.