Trey Burke

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Trey Burke: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

His father had him brushing his teeth left-handed at age nine to build ambidexterity, and it paid off: Burke swept nearly every 2013 National Player of the Year award at Michigan and carried the Wolverines to the NCAA title game. Minnesota drafted him ninth that June and traded him to Utah the same night. He finished third in Rookie of the Year voting and spent three seasons with the Jazz, the first season and a half as their starting point guard.

A Columbus kid whose childhood best friend was Jared Sullinger, Burke later suited up for Washington, New York, Dallas, and Philadelphia, rebuilding his stock in the G League with Westchester along the way, and now plays for Astros de Jalisco in Mexico.

HOW HE CAME & WENTMinnesota took him ninth overall in 2013 and traded him to Utah for the 14th and 21st picks, because the Jazz wanted a point guard. He lost the starting job, and once George Hill arrived in 2016 Utah sent him to Washington for a second-rounder.

Full name

Alfonso Clark Burke III

Utah Jazz tenure

2013–16

Position

Guard

Born

1992, Columbus, Ohio

Height

6′0″ (183 cm)

Weight

190 lb (86 kg)

College

Michigan

Drafted

2013, 1st round (No. 9), Minnesota