[3] Burt played for the Ohio Valley Greyhounds team, in the National Indoor Football League, for the 2001 season.
[3] In 2002, Burt played for the Cape Fear Wildcats, a North Carolina team in the Arena Football 2 League.
[1][3] At the end of the season, head coach Fran Papasedero said about Burt: With his tremendous quickness, I felt defense would not be a problem.
[5] Burt was one of three Predators players who were voted into the AFL's All-Rookie Team at the end of the season.
[6] At the end of the 2003 season, the Predators offered Burt an additional two-year contract to remain with them, which he signed.
In the news release regarding this, Burt was called "one of the great “rags to riches” stories in the AFL.
[3] In 2005, he again played 16 games for the team, and was recorded as having 30.5 tackles, 8.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and four pass break ups.