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Kenny Easley -- a longtime safety with the Seattle Seahawks -- has died, the team confirmed Saturday morning.

The team said Kenny lived up to the values of his team through "his leadership, intensity, and fearlessness" in a post uploaded to X . The Seahawks expressed condolences to his wife and three children in the post. His cause of death is not yet public knowledge. Getty

Easley was drafted by the Seahawks with the fourth overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft after playing college ball at UCLA

Over the next seven season, "The Enforcer" -- as Kenny was called -- terrorized opposing offenses ... racking up 32 interceptions. His best year came in 1984 when he picked off opposing quarterbacks 10 times and won Defensive Player of the Year honors.

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