Ben Burr-Kirven

Ben Burr-Kirven

Seattle Seahawks - No. 55
Date of birth: September 8, 1997
Place of birth: Menlo Park , California
Height: 1.83 m	Weight: 104 kg
NFL debut
2019 for the Seattle Seahawks
Career
College : Washington
NFL Draft : 2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 142
Teams: Seattle Seahawks ( 2019- today)
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles	8th
forced fumble	1
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Ben Burr-Kirven (* 8. September 1997 in Menlo Park , California ) is an American American football poker players. He plays the linebacker position for the Seattle Seahawks .

Career

Burr-Kirven played for the Washington Huskies at the University of Washington College Football from 2015 to 2018 . In his first season he played twelve of 13 games. He was voted Best Huskies Special Teams Player. In 2016 he played in all games. As a junior he played in all 13 games, eight of them as a starter. He was elected to the second team All-Pac-12 . In 2018 he started in all 14 games, in which he achieved a national record of 176 tackles. He was elected to the first-team All-Pac-12 , Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-American .

In the 2019 NFL Draft , Burr-Kirven was selected as the 142nd player in the fifth round by the Seattle Seahawks . He played in all 16 games in the 2019 season , mainly appearing as a special teams player. He has recorded eight special team tackles.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Washington Huskies. In: gohuskies.com. Washington Huskies, accessed May 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Alex Kirshner: New Seahawk Ben Burr-Kirven is the draft's most prolific tackler. In: sbnation.com. SBNation.com, 2019, accessed May 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Seahawks' Ben Burr-Kirven: Strong special-teams work in 2019. In: cbssports.com. CBSSports.com, accessed May 22, 2020 .