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2019 NFL Draft Profiles: Ben Burr-Kirven

When Ben Burr-Kirven, then a 6-0, 200 lb. linebacker from Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., committed to the Huskies in September 2014, virtually all of Husky Nation asked themselves the same question: “Who?” Burr-Kirven, after all, was a little-discussed prospect among even devoted recruitniks, despite holding offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Boise State. Just check out the comments on our article following his commitment; our readers are a notoriously glass-half-full bunch when it comes to recruits, and a sizeable contingent of even them weren’t sold on his ability to play at a high level in the Pac-12.