Career
Burdette played for the United States of America Eagles in the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Currently, he is the head coach of the Pennsylvania State University Men"s Rugby Team. In 2002, Burdette played as a University of Utah football walk-on.
In his senior year, Burdette was nicknamed the "Utah Manitoba" on the campus" football team
Burdette played every game in the 2004 season for the Utah Utes football team, and played for the Utes as an 4x All-American rugby player (2003-2006), before dedicating his time to playing professional rugby in England. His England rugby career lasted only one season due to injury.
In 2007, Burdette joined the Utah Utes rugby team as assistant coach, taking over as head coach in 2009, but resigned after the team was suspended for misuse of branding. In 2015, Burdette was hired as head coach of The Pennsylvania State University"s Men"s Rugby Team.
Burdette is the first full-time, university employed head coach in the history of PSU Rugby.