As a junior, he started every game at center as part of an offensive line that also included future NFL players Jeff Dellenbach, Kevin Belcher and Bob Landsee.
He crossed the picket line to be a part of the Buccaneer replacement team for the sixth game against the Minnesota Vikings.
In 1995, as a result of a training camp injury to Don Mosebar, Turk became the fourth starting center in Raider history.
On July 7, 1997, he signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins to be the long snapper, becoming along with his brother Matt Turk, the first brother-to-brother snapper-punter combination in NFL history.
During his last game, a divisional round contest of the 1999–2000 NFL playoffs against his former club, the Buccaneers, he dribbled the snap to holder Brad Johnson, that could have resulted in a game-winning 51-yard field goal.
On December 23, 2000, Turk died from testicular cancer at age 38 after being diagnosed earlier that year in April.