Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow kept his statement brief on Wednesday when talking to the media about his home being broken into two nights before, while he and the Bengals were playing the Dallas Cowboys on the road.
“I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one,” Burrow said. “Way more is out there than I would want out there and that I care to share. So that’s all I’ve got to say about that.”
Late last month, both the NFL and NBA issued security alerts to their players after multiple homes were broken into while athletes were away for games.
The NFL’s alert followed break-ins at the homes of Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in October.
“Obviously it’s frustrating, disappointing,” Mahomes said after the alert was issued.
Burglaries of homes belonging to Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. led the NBA to send out an alert the following day.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa shared on Wednesday that he hired personal security after one of his cars was broken into about a year ago.
”(It was) a little too close for my comfort with my family being in the house,” Tagovailoa said. “So we got personal security to take care of all of that. When we’re on the road, we’ve got someone with my wife, got someone also at the house, surveying the house.”
No one was hurt in the break-in at Burrow’s home, which was reported as being ransacked by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
A person employed by Burrow arrived at his home in Anderson Township on Monday night to find a broken bedroom window and the house in chaos.
“We live a public life, and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy,” Burrow said. “That has been difficult for me to deal with for my entire career. I’m still learning. I understand that’s the life that we choose, but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.”
