Eric Berry

For those who have not followed, I am going through the four mostly likely candidates for the Detroit Lions to draft. The order that I am doing these does have relevance. The first player I featured, Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, is the most likely to go to the Lions with the second overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft. Next I highlighted Oklahoma State’s stand out offensive tackle, Russell Okung. I will now focus in on the best player in the draft but still quite a long shot. The player is Tennessee safety Eric “The Fifth Dimension” Berry. Berry is a ball-hawking safety who is already being compared to Ed Reed. It was tough to scrounge up some highlights of Berry playing defensive back in high school because he was a two way player who also played quarterback. Berry is a lightning quick player who also ran track, the final leg of the 4x400. Here are two videos for Berry, the first is the only video I could find of him actually making tackles in High School, the other shows the top defensive back recruit in the country in 2006 and the third overall recruit, playing quarterback, or actually just running by everyone. Here are two videos, one of him making some tackles and two him playing quarterback.

In his first year at Tennessee Berry was a starter by the end of the season and was a player elected team captain by his sophomore season. In his three years at Tennessee Berry accumulated 241 tackles, 14 interceptions and 3 sacks. Berry's instincts, size and speed are the reason that he is arguably the best player in the draft and one of the best players to enter the NFL in years. Here is a video of some of Berry's highlights in his great career as a Volunteer.