Matt Burke net worth
Matt Burke Net Worth: Matt Birk is a former American professional football player who has a net worth of $12 million. Matt Burke was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1976 and played college football at Harvard University in Massachusetts. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound center was selected with the 173rd overall pick in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft.
He made his rookie debut with the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, where he played for a decade before joining the Baltimore Ravens from 2009 to 2012. Burke played in six Pro Bowls in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. He received All-Pro honors in 2000 and 2003, and was awarded the 2011 Walter Payton Person of the Year Award. Burke was part of the Super Bowl 47-winning team that beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. During his time with the Vikings, Burke won the Team Person of the Year award six times from 2002 to 2007. He’s dominated the offensive line with 187 starts in 210 career games. In 2002, Birk created the HIKE Foundation to help at-risk youth. In 2010, he brought it to public schools in the Baltimore area. Burke is considered one of the smartest players in the NFL. He and his wife volunteer at a maternity crisis center and have six children together. Burke made headlines for his conservative views on abortion and same-sex marriage and for his refusal to visit the White House and President Barack Obama after winning the Super Bowl with the Ravens in protest of Obama’s support for Planned Parenthood. He plans to donate his brain to research after his death. In 2014, he was named director of player development for the NFL.
