Scooter Berry

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Scooter Berry


caption =
college = West Virginia
conference = Big East
sport = Football
jersey = 93
position = Defensive end
class = RS-Sophomore
major =
career_start = 2006
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 285
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1986|6|28
birth_place = North Babylon, New York
highschool = North Babylon High, North Babylon, NY
championships =
championship_list =
awards = 2006 Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year
2007 Freshman All-American

Scooter Berry (born June 28, 1986 in North Babylon, New York) is an American football defensive lineman who plays for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Early life

Scooter Berry attended North Babylon High School, where he played linebacker and fullback as a senior for the 10-1 team. He was an all-Long Island selection while recording 68 tackles and 7 sacks on defense, then rushing for 1,341 career yards and 20 career touchdowns. He was a three-time all-county and two-time all-state selection.

Scooter Berry was primarily being recruited as a fullback, due to weighing 245 lbs. (which was too small for a traditional defensive lineman and too big for a linebacker). Berry was being offered by Boston College, Central Florida and Connecticut, but eventually signed his letter of intent with West Virginia University.

Collegiate career

True-Freshman season (2006)

Scooter Berry redshirted his true freshman season of 2006. That season, he won the Danny Van Etten Award for the scout team player of the year on defense along with J.T. Thomas.

Redshirt-Freshman season (2007)

Scooter Berry earned the starting job on the three-man defensive line, along with Keilen Dykes and Johnny Dingle, from the beginning of the season. In the second game of the year, Berry recorded 3 tackles and an assisted-sack against Marshall. Berry then had a season-high 6 tackles, a tackle for a loss, and a pass break-up against Louisville in the 38-31 victory. He then had four tackles and a fumble recovery against Connecticut, and then forced and recovered a fumble against Rutgers.

Berry finished his freshman season with 27 total tackles, a sack, and 4.5 tackles for a loss. He also forced a fumble and led the team with three fumble recoveries. Berry was named to the rivals.com and collegefootballnews.com Freshman All-American teams at the end of the season. [ [http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101228 MSNSportsnet.com - Scooter Berry] ]

External links

* [http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101228 Scooter Berry's WVU Profile]

References