Longtime Alabama assistant coach and staffer Burton Burns is moving on to the NFL.

Burns has been hired as the running backs coach for the New York Giants, BamaOnLine has confirmed. Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL Radio was first to report to move for Burns.

Burns just finished his 13th season with the Crimson Tide and his second as the assistant athletics director for football. Moving to an off-field role before the 2018 offseason, Burns previously served as associate head coach and running backs coach for 11 seasons (2007-17).

He coached Alabama's first two Heisman Trophy winners with Mark Ingram bringing home the award in 2009 and Derrick Henry following in 2015. He also helped Trent Richardson and Henry win the Doak Walker Award while guiding seven running backs to NFL careers.

Best coach I ever had!! @saquon you blessed with this one young bull ????? https://t.co/kXhagMfGkk — Mark Ingram II (@markingram21) January 18, 2020

In a chance to get back on the field following knee surgery, Burns will now have the opportunity to coach running back Saquon Barkley, one of the NFL's best young players.

This will be Burns' first coaching stint in the NFL.

He joins the coaching staff of former Alabama special teams assistant Joe Judge, who is the new head coach in New York. Burns and Judge worked together in Tuscaloosa from 2009-11.

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