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Fall Preview: “Killer Bees” anchor excellent Husky Linebacker unit

When Ben Burr-Kirven and Tevis Bartlett joined the Husky football program three years ago, the two solid recruits went largely unnoticed. Neither was in the top 10 of a 2015 class featuring first-year stars Jake Browning, Myles Gaskin, Trey Adams and Chico McClatcher, and both were rated well below blue chip prospects Austin Joyner, Benning Potoa’e and Henry Roberts.

Burr-Kirven and Bartlett saw the field early and often during their true-freshman seasons, both playing in the season opener at Boise St.