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The Sun Sentinel’s David Furones has since confirmed that Burns tore his ACL in practice. The injury will sideline him for the entirety of the 2025 season. Burns signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins in the offseason to bolster their secondary. Burns bounced between the Seahawks’ practice squad and active roster last year and was set to compete for a rotational role in Miami. The injury and Jalen Ramsey trade leave Miami severely undermanned at corner. They could look to the free agent market for some depth.

Burns was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. The nine-year vet has spent the last three seasons with the Seahawks, starting just one of the 21 games he appeared in while totaling 27 tackles and five pass breakups. Burns has started double-digit games just once in his career and shouldn’t be viewed as anything more than a depth signing for the Dolphins ahead of next season.

This is the third Burns-related transaction for the Seahawks in the last four days. The former rotational player rejoins a Seahawks team he initially signed with in 2022. Burns is unlikely to vault into a high-volume rotational role but he could chip in here and there.

He left Thursday night’s loss to the 49ers — his only game so far this year — and did not return. Burns, 29, had two passes defensed and one tackle in the game. Seattle will need to find another depth corner.

Burns was just elevated to the active roster before the game. His loss is bad news for a secondary that lost Tre Brown earlier in the contest.

Nwosu is expected to miss multiple weeks with his MCL Sprain. Brown is also unavailable for Sunday’s opener due to a foot injury, but has a chance to return for Week 2 against the Patriots.

Burns is back on his third one-year deal in Seattle after initially joining the team in 2022. He didn’t see much run in his first season with the team but took on a part-time role as a slot corner last year. Burns also pitched in on special teams, logging 181 special teams snaps. He finished the year with 23 total tackles and two pass breakups.

In addition to Bryant, CB Tariq Woolen (chest) and S Julian Love (hamstring) also missed practice. Woolen was already reported to likely miss Week 3 and Bryant and Love’s injuries leave Seattle’s secondary thin. The team promoted CB Artie Burns from its practice squad to remedy the injuries for a Week 3 matchup against the Panthers.

Burns had been a practice squad elevation the first two games of the season, but with the Seahawks reaching their limit on his elevations, they decided to sign him to the active roster. The former first-round pick played four seasons for the Steelers before suffering a torn ACL. He played for the Bears in 2021 and was with the Seahawks briefly in 2022 before the team brought him back this offseason. He will operate as secondary depth.

Burns appeared in just one game in 2022, playing 16 defensive snaps in Week 5. The former first-round pick played four seasons for the Steelers before missing the 2020 season with a torn ACL. He was then signed by the Bears and played in a utility role in the secondary during the 2021 season. Expect Burns to be utilized in a similar fashion with the Seahawks for the coming season, with multiple injuries being his likeliest path to playing time.