University of Tennessee Athletics
Berry Named CBS Sports 2nd Team All-American
December 10, 2015 | Football
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The honors continue to roll in for Vols returner Evan Berry. On Wednesday night, he was named to the CBS Sports All-American Second Team after his tremendous season.
Berry has also been named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Year as well as being named to the 2015 All-SEC Coaches' First Team on Tuesday and the 2015 ESPN.com All-SEC Team on Wednesday. He is first Vol to earn First Team All-SEC honors as a return specialist. In 2015, Berry has emerged as the nation's top kick returner, leading the country in kick return average (38.3) and tying for second with three returns brought back for a touchdown. On Nov. 2, Berry became the first Volunteer kick returner to be named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week since Cordarrelle Patterson in 2012. His three kickoff returns for a touchdown tied the UT single-season record set by Willie Gault in 1980. Berry's total of 804 overall return yards (both kickoff and punt return yards) ranks as the fourth-most in a season in Tennessee history. His 34.8 career kickoff return average is also a new Tennessee record.
It is the first national All-American honor for a Vol since lineman Antonio Richardson was named to CBS Sports Third Team in 2013. The last Vol to earn a second-team nod was Prentiss Waggner in 2010, by Scout.
Here is a list of Tennessee's honors to date:
Derek Barnett - DL
- All-SEC Second Team (Coaches)
- GridironNow.com All-SEC Second-Team Defense
Evan Berry - Return Specialist
- CBS Sports Second Team All-American (KR)
- SEC Special Teams Player of the Year
- All-SEC First Team (Coaches)
- ESPN.com All-SEC
- GridironNow.com All-SEC First-Team Specialists (KR)
Jalen Hurd - RB
- All-SEC Second Team (Coaches)
- GridironNow.com All-SEC Second-Team Offense
Kyler Kerbyson - OL
- ESPN.com All-SEC
Jalen Reeves-Maybin - LB
- GridironNow.com All-SEC Second-Team Defense
Jashon Robertson - OG
- GridironNow.com All-SEC Second-Team Offense
Cameron Sutton - Return Specialist
- GridironNow.com All-SEC First-Team Specialists (PR)
