Is Berry the best def. player ever at UT?

#53
#53
Anyone that doesnt say DOUG ATKINS is flat out wrong. There is no other answer.

By far the best D. player in UT history. EB might be top five.

Don't post if your just gonna put four guys from the nineties plus Reggie.
 
#54
#54
I would say he is certainly one of the best. But considering that we've had guys like Doug Adkins and Reggie White, not to mention Al Wilson, Albert Haynesworth, and Leonard Little, to say that he is the best of all time is a bit of a stretch.
 
#55
#55
Thought this might be of some interest:

"Though he was a successful quarterback at the high school level, Head Coach Doug Dickey saw potential in Priest as a defensive back and thus began a three-year career in which Priest was a member of one of the most heralded defensive backfields in Tennessee history.

In 1970, the quartet of Bobby Majors, David Allen, Conrad Graham and Priest set the still-existing SEC and school records of 36 interceptions.

A modest Priest contends he was simply a member of the group, but he remains today Tennessee's career leader in interceptions with 18. He led the team in 1969 with seven interceptions and recorded nine during the 1970 campaign. His career interception return yardage of 305 stood as the UT record for 39 years until this season when Eric Berry passed the mark and extended it to its current figure of 487. Tennessee teams on which Priest played had a 28-5-1 record, claiming one SEC championship (1969) and capturing a 1971 Sugar Bowl win over Air Force."
 
#56
#56
Doug Atkins was great, but could you imagine Albert Hayneworth in that era?

Across eras is a hard comparison. Both were great in their time.

Berry has the rest of the year to make his mark, but he has the potential to be remembered as the best ever at UT, imo.

My other favs (besides Berry and Atkins)... Davis, Haynesworth, Reggie, and Dale Carter.

Bates was the guy with the best on-the-field attitude.
 
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