Ray Berry
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1963年10月28日) October 28, 1963 (age 61) Lovington, New Mexico, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Cooper (Abilene, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Baylor | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1987 / round: 2 / pick: 44 | ||||||||
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Raymond Lenn Berry (born October 28, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Baylor Bears before seven seasons in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings from 1987 to 1992 and the Seattle Seahawks in 1993.
Career
[edit ]Berry played his high school football for the O.H. Cooper High School Cougars in Abilene, Texas and was named as a Parade Magazine High School All-American as a senior during the 1981–1982 school year. (See, Abilene Reporter News, May 12, 1982, page 2C)[citation needed ]
At Baylor University, Berry was named as Sports Illustrated College Football Defensive Player of the Week for his role, including a game-saving interception near the end of the game, in Baylor's upset of #2 ranked University of Southern California in Los Angeles.[1] He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round with the 44th overall pick in the 1987 NFL draft.[2]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m) |
226 lb (103 kg) |
31 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
4.85 s | 1.70 s | 2.82 s | 4.47 s | 28.5 in (0.72 m) |
8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
22 reps |
In 2005, Berry was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Honor[3] and was named as a Legend of Baylor Football in 2007.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ Hersch, Hank (September 30, 1985). "THE WEEK". Sports Illustrated . p. 67. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ "Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame". Baylor Bears . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
- ^ "Two-Time All-SWC Performer Spent Six Years In NFL". Baylor Bears . September 29, 2006. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Lovington, New Mexico
- Sportspeople from Lea County, New Mexico
- Players of American football from New Mexico
- American football linebackers
- Baylor Bears football players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- Players of American football from Abilene, Texas
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1960s birth stubs