The Seahawks used their first choice of the fifth round in the NFL draft Saturday to select University of Washington linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven (25). Here he celebrates doing what he did a lot at UW: delivering a hit, this one Colorado’s Tony Brown (18) in an October game at Husky Stadium. Joshua Bessex joshua.bessex@gateline.com
Ben Burr-Kirven has spent offseason-workout time training with Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright.
That worked against Burr-Kirven Saturday—in a fun way he absolutely does not mind.
Seahawks general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll called Burr-Kirven Saturday morning to tell the Washington Huskies’ All-American and Pac-12 defensive player of the year for 2018 they had selected him in the fifth round of the NFL draft.