Former NFL player Marcus Burley has filed for individual chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after his Saladworks franchise failed, the Charlotte Business Journal reported. Burley filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina on Jan. 25. Burley’s filing states he has between $500,001 and $1 million in assets and at least $500,001 to $1 million in liabilities. He lists between one and 49 creditors. Liabilities included on a list of the top 20 creditors total $759,135. The two largest listed are Saladworks, which is owed $204,689, and a U.S. Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loan for $289,000. Burley, who played for the Seattle Seahawks and ended his career with the Houston Texans, talked with the Charlotte Business Journal in 2019 about his plan to bring Saladworks to Charlotte. He landed on a site for the customizable salad concept at 11318 N. Community House Road, in the Ballantyne Corners shopping center. Its opening coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Burley previously filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2022 to try and save the business. That filing claimed estimated liabilities of $500,001 to $1 million and assets of between $0 and $50,000. It listed between one and 49 creditors.
