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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1995-11-04)November 4, 1995 (age 30) Fairburn, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Creekside (Fairburn) |
| College | Tennessee |
| NFL draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Evan Lawrence Berry (born November 4, 1995) is an American formerfootball player. He playedcollege football for theTennessee Volunteers.[1][2] While primarily a safety, he was selected toAll-America team as areturn specialist in 2015.[3] He is the younger brother of former Tennessee Volunteers and former NFL safetyEric Berry, and his twin brother, Elliott, also played at Tennessee.[4]
Berry attended and played college football at the University of Tennessee from 2014–2017 under head coachButch Jones.[5]
In his freshman year in 2014, Berry split kickoff return duties with Devrin Young whileCameron Sutton and Jacob Carter dealt with the punt returning duties. He averaged 29.5 yards per return on 14 attempts on the season.[6]
Berry's sophomore season in 2015 was very productive. He handled most of the kick return duties on the season while Sutton andAlvin Kamara handled punt returns.[7] In the season opener againstBowling Green, he had a 67-yard kickoff return.[8] Two weeks later, againstWestern Carolina, he had an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.[9] On October 3, againstArkansas, he returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.[10] On October 31, againstKentucky, he had a 100-yard kickoff return for his third of the season.[11] In the Outback Bowl, againstNorthwestern, he had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown to end the 45–6 victory for the Volunteers.[12] Overall, on the season, he averaged an NCAA-leading 38.3 yards per kick return on 21 attempts.[13] His 804 total kickoff return yards and three kickoff return touchdowns led theSEC in 2015.[14] For the 2015 season, Berry earned ConsensusAll-American honors.[15]
In his junior season in 2016, Berry was the primary kick return until suffering a knee injury againstTennessee Tech, which kept him out of the remainder of the season.[16] He recorded a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown againstSouth Carolina.[17] Overall, he averaged a SEC-leading 32.9 yards per kick return on 14 attempts.[18][19]
Berry's final season with the Volunteers was limited to only two games due to his prior injury. He totaled four kick returns for a 35.8 average.[20][21]
For his collegiate career, Berry finished first in NCAA and SEC history with 34.3 kickoff return yards per attempt and his four return touchdowns are tied for the most in SEC history.[22][23][24]
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Kick returns | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||||
| 2014 | Tennessee | SEC | FR | DB | 8 | 14 | 413 | 29.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Tennessee | SEC | SO | DB | 13 | 21 | 804 | 38.3 | 3 |
| 2016 | Tennessee | SEC | JR | DB | 8 | 14 | 460 | 32.9 | 1 |
| 2017 | Tennessee | SEC | SR | DB | 2 | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 0 |
| Career | Tennessee | 53 | 1,820 | 34.3 | 4 | ||||
After going undrafted in the2018 NFL draft, Berry signed a free agent contract with theCleveland Browns.[25] He was waived on August 28, 2018.[26]