Burbage attended Bryan Station High School, where he was a teammate of Dermontti Dawson and Marc Logan.
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Kentucky, but had few opportunities to prove his true worth in the Wildcats run-oriented offense.
[5] Burbage was re-signed on October 12 to provide depth after the team suffered many injuries on the wide receiver corps.
[9] Burbage signed with the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football in 1991, they were coached by Mouse Davis, the architect of the Run and shoot offense.
[13] In 1995, he was signed as a free agent by the Memphis Mad Dogs of the Canadian Football League.
After his playing career was over, Burbage was a coach at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he helped turn the team into a state runner-up in 1997.
Burbage served three years as the offensive coordinator, before taking over as the 27th head football coach at Kentucky State University on an interim basis for the 2004 season.