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Whether leading excellent sports marketing teams for FOX Sports and ESPN, mentoring exceptional young people, leading mission experiences to Central America, encouraging tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, or running his own businesses, J Graydon Burnett lives to passionately inspire others to “more”.

With over 20 years of television and sports marketing experience, Burnett has enjoyed success in positions ranging from Sales Executive for Kansas City NBC affiliate WDAF-TV, Sales Manager for ESPN Regional Sports, Vice President Sales with Host Communications and Vice President Regional Sales for Home Team Sports (the national sales arm for FOX Sports regional networks). In these roles, J Graydon has worked with a plethora of the industry’s top executives representing nearly every NCAA Conference, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and NFL franchise in the United States.

A self-proclaimed “unrealistic dreamer”, Burnett’s Texas-sized, childhood goal was to play Division I football for Texas A&M University. He was blessed to achieve his dream by earning Letterman status and becoming a leader on the legendary 12th Man Kickoff Team for Texas A&M in the mid-eighties, when the Aggies won three Conference Championships in a row. His football career was capped-off in A&M’s 1988 Cotton Bowl victory over Notre Dame, with a solo tackle of the season’s Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Brown. Burnett is a Class of ’87 graduate of Texas A&M University, receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing.

Before retiring from the corporate world, J Graydon led the sports marketing team for FOX Sports Southwest, as Vice President/General Sales Manager. Burnett and his team were responsible for advertising revenue generation for regional sports networks FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Houston and FOX Sports Oklahoma.

Burnett launched his third company, J Graydon LLC, a company focused on partnering with like-minded World Changers, in February 2012. His personal mission of “inspiring others to more”, led Burnett to become a certified Life Coach and start THETRUEREBELLION, a life changing, jungle experience for young adults, taking them from being a “wondering generality” to understanding their mission, identifying their passions and living out their dreams. A favorite quote of Burnett’s is “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon...must inevitably come to pass!” - Paul J. Myers
Burnett and his wife Terri have three sons and reside in Lucas, Texas. He is a Jesus-follower, passionate husband, father and believer in the greatness of Next Generation!

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