After suffering a wrist injury that ended his season last autumn, former LSU standout and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is eager to go back to work in preparation for the 2024 campaign. Burrow returned to the practice field this month for the first time. In preparation for a bigger, stronger version of himself, he sent a message to the rest of the NFL by working on his body during the offseason.

“I’m eating more, I’m more dialed in as far as nutrition and food schedule and eating when I need to, so that’s been a big area of emphasis for me, and I’ve seen the results,” Burrow told Bengals.com. “I’m bigger. Definitely bigger. I’m really strong, bigger than I was. We’re going to continue to eat right, lift, go through my routine, and see where I’m at.”

Burrow and the Bengals will attempt to win the AFC North, which is regarded as the strongest division in the NFL and in which all four teams finished with winning records the previous season. It was the first time that had occurred since 1935 and put an end to Cincinnati’s two-year winning streak when Baltimore won the conference’s top overall seed.

Joining Tigers greats Billy Cannon (1960) and JaMarcus Russell (2007) as the third former LSU player to be picked No. 1 overall in the draft is Burrow, who is in his fifth season and has five postseason victories and a Super Bowl appearance to his name. Ohio native Burrow started his scholastic career at Ohio State, but after the 2017 season, he announced he was transferring, and with two years left on his eligibility, he chose to take his skills to LSU.

Although Burrow performed admirably in his first season as a starter following his transfer from Ohio State (57.8 percent completion, 2,894 yards, 16 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a strong show of toughness and leadership), his 2018 Fiesta Bowl victory was just the beginning of what was to come.

Burrow led LSU to a 15-0 record and the school’s first national championship since the 2007 season while putting up maybe the finest passing season in college football history in his second and last season in Baton Rouge in 2019.Burrow won the Heisman Trophy and set team and national records by connecting on 402-of-527 passes (76.3%) for 5,671 yards, 60 touchdowns, and six interceptions. This past December, Burrow Cannon became only the second player in LSU history to win the most coveted player award in college football.

Burrow, one of the most distinguished college quarterbacks of the last few decades, earned the Heisman Trophy in addition to the Maxwell Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Davey O’Brien Award, and Walter Camp Award during the 2019 season.

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After graduating from The Plains, Ohio’s Athens High School, Burrow was regarded as a four-star prospect and the eighth-best dual-threat quarterback.