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Brian Burns Declares for 2019 NFL Draft, Will Skip Senior Season at FSU

Defensive end Brian Burns will forgo his senior season at Florida State in favor of entering the 2019 NFL draft.

“Florida State has been some of the best years of my life,” Burns told Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports. “These last three years have been great playing with my teammates, but I feel like this is my opportunity, and time for me to go.”

While the Seminoles were disappointing as a whole in 2018, Burns enjoyed a career-best campaign with 10 sacks and 52 total tackles.

The 6'5", 235-pound native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, burst on to the scene in 2016 with 8.