Player Dossier

2015-2018

Washington

Ben Burr-Kirven

LB • 6'0" • 221 lbs • Menlo Park, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Burr-Kirven shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

98%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

73

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Ben Burr-Kirven built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Menlo Park, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Ben Burr-Kirven's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.7844

Coatesville Area · Coatesville, PA

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 4
Overall
No. 142
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Ben Burr-Kirven, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Washington. Ben Burr-Kirven shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
293
TFL
9.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Ben Burr-Kirven quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · LB
Career Tackles
293
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Washington
Top game
California
Recruit profile
2-star · Coatesville Area · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Coatesville Area · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 5 · Pick 4 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
165 tackles · LB 1st (top 1%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWashington00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWashington125-0--021.9
2016 Regular SeasonWashington12391011021.9
2017 PostseasonWashington135-0-2058.5
2017 Regular SeasonWashington137941-3058.5
2018 PostseasonWashington13111.51--076.7
2018 Regular SeasonWashington1315431-6076.7

Related Context

Ben Burr-Kirven played LB for Washington. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Burr-Kirven recorded -1 rushing yards and 293 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Washington paired 14.5 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Montana

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Washington

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

35.4

Usage

7.1

Consistency

63.7

Best Game by takeover score

Montana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 2. Rutgers: 1. Montana: 2. Fresno State: 1. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. California: 0. Arizona State: 0. UCLA: 1. Oregon: 1. Stanford: 1. Utah: 1. Washington State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 5 by 40.8. Rutgers: 11 by 55.8. Montana: 10 by 61.7. Fresno State: 6 by 35. Colorado: 5 by 20.8. Oregon State: 6 by 25. California: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 7 by 39.2. Oregon: 10 by 51.7. Stanford: 5 by 30.8. Utah: 8 by 43.3. Washington State: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 10 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Montana

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Montana

Result
Sat 12/30@ Penn StateSplash gameL 28-3555002
Sun 11/26vs Washington StateW 41-14750010
Sun 11/19vs UtahW 33-3083001
Sat 11/11@ StanfordL 22-3054100
Sun 11/5vs Oregon10+ tacklesW 38-3105001
Sat 10/28vs UCLAW 44-2374100
Sun 10/15@ Arizona StateL 7-1322000
Sun 10/8vs CaliforniaW 38-720000
Sun 10/1@ Oregon StateW 42-765000
Sun 9/24@ ColoradoW 37-1053000
Sun 9/17vs Fresno StateW 48-1664001
Sun 9/10vs Montana10+ tackles · Splash gameW 63-7105110
Sat 9/2@ Rutgers10+ tacklesW 30-14117100

Player Story

Ben Burr-Kirven story

Ben Burr-Kirven built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Menlo Park, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Ben Burr-Kirven's career was his defensive production: 293 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Ben Burr-Kirven's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Washington

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWashington0
2016 PostseasonWashington418.644
2016 Regular SeasonWashington418.640
2017 PostseasonWashington1135.47.17
2017 Regular SeasonWashington1135.47.10
2018 PostseasonWashington14.556.313.83.5
2018 Regular SeasonWashington14.556.313.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ California

Week 9 · L 10-12 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Montana

Week 2 · W 63-7

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Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 23-28 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#4

@ California

Week 10 · W 66-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Colorado

Week 8 · W 27-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Washington

14.5 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 13.8 usage

76.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Washington

76.7

14.5 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 13.8 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Washington

58.5

11 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

6

Splash games

14

10+ tackle games