It’s a lot to ask of a 23-year-old who was unknown by most of the country before his record-setting, championship, senior season. Fans and pundits have lavished superlatives on Burrows, who grew up in Athens in southeast Ohio, a region of Appalachia without a strong football pedigree.

Source: Can NFL draft lead Joe Burrow to Bengals and another Ohio revival?

 

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