[Hulk01]

Burr-Kirven was 6'0", 200 coming out of high school.  Didn't look fast enough to play safety (he isn't) or project big enough to play ILB.  Washington masks their ILBs with a two nose tackle front (Qualis, Vea and Gaines over this stretch) which require double teams and allow them to play much smaller and more mobile ILBs like Bierria and Burr-Kirven.  

Stanford plays a standard three man, one NT front which depends on bigger ILBs to take on block. 

We worry about Okereke, Perez, and Branch being too small to fit ideally in our scheme as ILBs.  That fear was far greater with Kirven, who was smaller than a couple of our safeties.

[Hulk01]

Burr-Kirven was 6'0", 200 coming out of high school.  Didn't look fast enough to play safety (he isn't) or project big enough to play ILB.  Washington masks their ILBs with a two nose tackle front (Qualis, Vea and Gaines over this stretch) which require double teams and allow them to play much smaller and more mobile ILBs like Bierria and Burr-Kirven.  

Stanford plays a standard three man, one NT front which depends on bigger ILBs to take on block. 

We worry about Okereke, Perez, and Branch being too small to fit ideally in our scheme as ILBs.  That fear was far greater with Kirven, who was smaller than a couple of our safeties.