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Jersey Number 25
Ben Burr-Kirven
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Menlo Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Prep
Bio
2018 Pac-12 Football Scholar Athlete of the Year
2018 Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2018 First-Team All-America (Associated Press, FWAA, ESPN, Athlon's)
2018 Second-Team All-America (TheAthletic.com, Walter Camp Football Foundation, SI.com, Sporting News, CBS, USA Today)
2018 Honorable Mention All-America (PFF)
2018 All-Pac-12 First Team
2018 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2018 Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist
2018 Bednarik Award Semifinalist
2018 Lott Impact Trophy Semifinalist
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2017 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2016 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2018: Named the Pac-12's Scholar of the Year for football and was also the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, making him the first football player in the 12-year history of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award to win that honor and also player of the year (offense or defense) ... also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 and second-team Academic All-America ... one of four finalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy ... started all 14 games, finishing with double-digit tackles in 12 out of 14 ... finished the year with 176 total tackles, most by a Husky since 1987, seventh-most in UW history and most in NCAA-FBS in 2018 ... had more than double the tackles of any teammate in 2018, and game-high 13 total tackles as a starter vs. Auburn in the season opener ... led both teams with nine tackles in a start against North Dakota ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game for the UND game ... for the third game in a row, led the UW in tackles in the win at Utah, with 11 ... named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after the victory over the Utes ... became the first Husky since 1996 to register 20 tackles in a game, with 14 solo and six assists against Arizona State ... also forced to fumbles and recovered one of them vs. the Sun Devils ... earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row, the first Husky so honored since 2002 ... also the UW coaches' defensive player of the week for the ASU game ... six tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the win over BYU ... team-leading 15 tackles in the win at UCLA ... notched 19 more tackles at Oregon, the second-highest total by a Husky over the last two decades ... 15 tackles, as well as a key, late interception (that he returned 20 yards), in the Husky win over Colorado ... named the UW coaches' defensive player of the week for the Colorado win ... 14 tackles, including two tackles for a loss and one sack, at California ... had 12 tackles, including half a tackle for loss, and forced a fumble, in the Huskies' win over Stanford ... made 11 tackles, including one for a loss, in the Husky win over Oregon State ... 10 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception in the Apple Cup win at WSU ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game for the WSU game ... made 10 tackles in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Utah ... led all players with 11 total tackles, including one-and-a-half for a loss and one sack, in the Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State ... won the Most Outstanding Defensive Player award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2017: For a second straight season, named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 team ... also named to the Academic All-Pac-12 first team ... named second-team All-Pac-12 ... played in all 13 games, starting eight ... started in the Huskies' season opening win over Rutgers, finishing with a game-high 11 tackles, including one for a loss ... game-high 10 tackles, including an eight-yard sack, in Washington's win over Montana, when he won the UW coaches' defensive player of the game award ... six tackles and a pass break-up in the win over Fresno State ... notched five tackles in the Pac-12 opener at Colorado ... six tackles and a forced fumble at Oregon State ... two stops in Washington's win over Cal and also in the Arizona State game ... led the UW with seven tackles, including a TFL, in the win over UCLA ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game after the win over Oregon, when he compiled 10 tackles and a forced fumble ... five tackles, one of them for a loss, at Stanford ... led the Huskies with eight tackles in the win over Utah ... led all Huskies with seven tackles, and also had an interception, in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... five tackles and two pass break-ups vs. Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl ... co-winner of the Husky Excellence Award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2016: Played in every game of the season ... notched five tackles in the season-opening win over Rutgers ... two stops in the win over Idaho ... four tackles in the win over Portland State ... one stop in the win at Arizona ... five tackles in the victory at Oregon ... two stops in the Huskies' win over Oregon State ... three tackles in the win at No. 17 Utah ... three tackles, plus a 27-yard interception return, in the Husky win at California ... three tackles and a pass break-up in the win over Arizona State ... five tackles in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... six tackles, one for a loss, in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Colorado ... had five tackles against Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
2015: Played in 12 of 13 games as a true freshman ... saw action in the Huskies' season opener at Boise State on special teams ... shared the team lead with six tackles in the win over Sacramento State, spending time at linebacker and on special teams ... also saw action vs. Utah State and Cal ... one tackle in the UW win at USC ... four tackles, including a 10-yard sack, vs. Oregon ... seven total tackles in the Stanford game ... notched seven tackles in the Huskies' win over Arizona ... one stop vs. Utah... five total tackles at Arizona State ... three tackles at Oregon State ... missed the bowl game due to injury ... named the UW's Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the MaxPreps All-Northern California Defensive Player of the Year and Division III State Player of the Year as a senior in 2014 ... also a MaxPreps Small Schools All-American as a junior and senior ... Cal-Hi Sports' Small Schools Division Player of the Year and a finalist for California's Mr. Football award ... also named to CalHiSports all-state first team ... named the San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year as both a junior and as a senior ... earned first-team All-Metro from the San Francisco Chronicle, the Palo Alto Daily News Player of the Year and was the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) Bay Division Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... led the Gators to a 13-0 record, the PAL-Bay Division title and the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division crown in 2014 ... led the team in tackles, with 116, despite missing much of the first half of the season due to an Achilles tendon injury suffered during track season ... also rushed for 1,086 yards on 106 carries, had 224 receiving yards and scored 19 touchdowns ... scored two TDs and notched 11 tackles in the CCS Open Division final victory over Bellarmine Prep in 2014 ... helped lead the Gators to a 13-0 record, the Peninsula-Bay League title and the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division title in 2014 ... after returning from injury, rushed for 143 yards and two TDs (48 and 80 yards) on just four carries and posted 12 tackles in season debut, a win over defending league champion Terra Nova ... followed that with 17 tackles each in next two games ... as a junior, helped Sacred Heart to a 13-2 record, its first Northern California Division III title, and its first berth in the Division III championship game ... notched 204 total tackles (136 solo), six sacks and four interceptions while rushing for 451 yards and 11 TDs as a junior ... as a sophomore, started at defensive end and helped Gators to a 13-1 record and the CIF CCS Division IV championship ... 61 tackles, 7.5 sacks and 290 yards on 54 carries as a 10th-grader ... rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, with eight tackles and a sack on defense, in the championship game ... ranked the No. 43 middle linebacker recruit in the country by scout.com ... from rivals.com, listed as the No. 29 inside LB in the country and No. 94 player in California ... rated California's No. 91 prospect and the country's No. 55 outside linebacker by ESPN ... also a sprinter on the track team, running the anchor leg on a 4x-100 team that set a school record ... as a senior, won the 100 meters and finished second in the 200 at the WBAL Varsity Trials ... played football for coach Pete Lavorato.
2018 Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2018 First-Team All-America (Associated Press, FWAA, ESPN, Athlon's)
2018 Second-Team All-America (TheAthletic.com, Walter Camp Football Foundation, SI.com, Sporting News, CBS, USA Today)
2018 Honorable Mention All-America (PFF)
2018 All-Pac-12 First Team
2018 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2018 Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist
2018 Bednarik Award Semifinalist
2018 Lott Impact Trophy Semifinalist
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2017 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8
2016 Academic All-Pac-12 First Team
2018: Named the Pac-12's Scholar of the Year for football and was also the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, making him the first football player in the 12-year history of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award to win that honor and also player of the year (offense or defense) ... also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 and second-team Academic All-America ... one of four finalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy ... started all 14 games, finishing with double-digit tackles in 12 out of 14 ... finished the year with 176 total tackles, most by a Husky since 1987, seventh-most in UW history and most in NCAA-FBS in 2018 ... had more than double the tackles of any teammate in 2018, and game-high 13 total tackles as a starter vs. Auburn in the season opener ... led both teams with nine tackles in a start against North Dakota ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game for the UND game ... for the third game in a row, led the UW in tackles in the win at Utah, with 11 ... named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after the victory over the Utes ... became the first Husky since 1996 to register 20 tackles in a game, with 14 solo and six assists against Arizona State ... also forced to fumbles and recovered one of them vs. the Sun Devils ... earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row, the first Husky so honored since 2002 ... also the UW coaches' defensive player of the week for the ASU game ... six tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the win over BYU ... team-leading 15 tackles in the win at UCLA ... notched 19 more tackles at Oregon, the second-highest total by a Husky over the last two decades ... 15 tackles, as well as a key, late interception (that he returned 20 yards), in the Husky win over Colorado ... named the UW coaches' defensive player of the week for the Colorado win ... 14 tackles, including two tackles for a loss and one sack, at California ... had 12 tackles, including half a tackle for loss, and forced a fumble, in the Huskies' win over Stanford ... made 11 tackles, including one for a loss, in the Husky win over Oregon State ... 10 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception in the Apple Cup win at WSU ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game for the WSU game ... made 10 tackles in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Utah ... led all players with 11 total tackles, including one-and-a-half for a loss and one sack, in the Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State ... won the Most Outstanding Defensive Player award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2017: For a second straight season, named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 team ... also named to the Academic All-Pac-12 first team ... named second-team All-Pac-12 ... played in all 13 games, starting eight ... started in the Huskies' season opening win over Rutgers, finishing with a game-high 11 tackles, including one for a loss ... game-high 10 tackles, including an eight-yard sack, in Washington's win over Montana, when he won the UW coaches' defensive player of the game award ... six tackles and a pass break-up in the win over Fresno State ... notched five tackles in the Pac-12 opener at Colorado ... six tackles and a forced fumble at Oregon State ... two stops in Washington's win over Cal and also in the Arizona State game ... led the UW with seven tackles, including a TFL, in the win over UCLA ... named the coaches' defensive player of the game after the win over Oregon, when he compiled 10 tackles and a forced fumble ... five tackles, one of them for a loss, at Stanford ... led the Huskies with eight tackles in the win over Utah ... led all Huskies with seven tackles, and also had an interception, in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... five tackles and two pass break-ups vs. Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl ... co-winner of the Husky Excellence Award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2016: Played in every game of the season ... notched five tackles in the season-opening win over Rutgers ... two stops in the win over Idaho ... four tackles in the win over Portland State ... one stop in the win at Arizona ... five tackles in the victory at Oregon ... two stops in the Huskies' win over Oregon State ... three tackles in the win at No. 17 Utah ... three tackles, plus a 27-yard interception return, in the Husky win at California ... three tackles and a pass break-up in the win over Arizona State ... five tackles in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... six tackles, one for a loss, in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Colorado ... had five tackles against Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
2015: Played in 12 of 13 games as a true freshman ... saw action in the Huskies' season opener at Boise State on special teams ... shared the team lead with six tackles in the win over Sacramento State, spending time at linebacker and on special teams ... also saw action vs. Utah State and Cal ... one tackle in the UW win at USC ... four tackles, including a 10-yard sack, vs. Oregon ... seven total tackles in the Stanford game ... notched seven tackles in the Huskies' win over Arizona ... one stop vs. Utah... five total tackles at Arizona State ... three tackles at Oregon State ... missed the bowl game due to injury ... named the UW's Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the MaxPreps All-Northern California Defensive Player of the Year and Division III State Player of the Year as a senior in 2014 ... also a MaxPreps Small Schools All-American as a junior and senior ... Cal-Hi Sports' Small Schools Division Player of the Year and a finalist for California's Mr. Football award ... also named to CalHiSports all-state first team ... named the San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year as both a junior and as a senior ... earned first-team All-Metro from the San Francisco Chronicle, the Palo Alto Daily News Player of the Year and was the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) Bay Division Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... led the Gators to a 13-0 record, the PAL-Bay Division title and the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division crown in 2014 ... led the team in tackles, with 116, despite missing much of the first half of the season due to an Achilles tendon injury suffered during track season ... also rushed for 1,086 yards on 106 carries, had 224 receiving yards and scored 19 touchdowns ... scored two TDs and notched 11 tackles in the CCS Open Division final victory over Bellarmine Prep in 2014 ... helped lead the Gators to a 13-0 record, the Peninsula-Bay League title and the CIF Central Coast Section Open Division title in 2014 ... after returning from injury, rushed for 143 yards and two TDs (48 and 80 yards) on just four carries and posted 12 tackles in season debut, a win over defending league champion Terra Nova ... followed that with 17 tackles each in next two games ... as a junior, helped Sacred Heart to a 13-2 record, its first Northern California Division III title, and its first berth in the Division III championship game ... notched 204 total tackles (136 solo), six sacks and four interceptions while rushing for 451 yards and 11 TDs as a junior ... as a sophomore, started at defensive end and helped Gators to a 13-1 record and the CIF CCS Division IV championship ... 61 tackles, 7.5 sacks and 290 yards on 54 carries as a 10th-grader ... rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, with eight tackles and a sack on defense, in the championship game ... ranked the No. 43 middle linebacker recruit in the country by scout.com ... from rivals.com, listed as the No. 29 inside LB in the country and No. 94 player in California ... rated California's No. 91 prospect and the country's No. 55 outside linebacker by ESPN ... also a sprinter on the track team, running the anchor leg on a 4x-100 team that set a school record ... as a senior, won the 100 meters and finished second in the 200 at the WBAL Varsity Trials ... played football for coach Pete Lavorato.
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