Before he became an NFL Network analyst and before he spent 12 seasons in the NFL, Nate Burleson played wide receiver at Nevada.
Burleson talked as good a game as he played and was unfailingly honest. I’ll always remember a 2002 interview in which he described Fresno State as the Wolf Pack’s older sibling in the Western Athletic Conference.
“Fresno State is a tough, hard-hitting team, and they’ve been the big brothers of the conference for a long time,” said Burleson, who at the time was leading the nation in receptions and receiving yards. “We’re not too young to be in this conference, and we’re not the little brothers anymore.