With the return of Devrin, will EB still return kicks?

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hndog609 said:
(I have no idea what the boldened refers to as nothing in my post DQ'd Berry for anything. The only number I used was a 10 return minimum, which of course included Berry. I'll chalk that up to a miscommunication and move on)

Well for starters my post was in response to another poster stating Berry being in the top 5 nationally in KOR return average and you what you cite backs up my contention, does it not? And again what you cite is entirely a matter of criteria. If you look at the bottom of the page you reference you'll see the qualifying condition is:

"To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 kickoff returns per game played."

That's actually a lot more arbitrary than the 10 return minimum since someone could be a monster returner and be DQ'd from this list merely by missing too many games from injury. Just to throw it out there why wouldn't Guley's 44.8 average count? He had 4 returns. Korliss Marshall averaged 30.1 YPKR for AR but he's not on your list either. His 9 Returns not enough? Just pointing out how one decides to include/exclude players matters. I thought a 10 return minimum to pretty easy get behind without throwing in % of games played, etc.

And just to be clear Evan has been doing great. The fact he's a Fr only makes it more exciting looking forward.
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I had heard on the radio from the RockytopInsider guys that Berry was in the top 5 nationally in terms of avg yds per return. I posted that without checking. For some reason you decided to say that was wrong and you used some arbitrary example about a guy with 1 return for 61 yards to invalidate my post.

So, all I did was a little research, saw that he actually ranks 7th nationally and 2nd in the SEC and compared his 14 returns vs the average return number of the nation's top ten returners, which was 19. Unless Berry had only returned 1 or 4 kicks, I'm not sure what your point is. I don't know what the best/minimum qualifying number is, just wanted to share that the kid is doing a great job compared to the best KORs in the SEC and nation in supporting the idea that neither Devrin nor anybody else should be returning kicks for us.
 
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KBVol said:
I had heard on the radio from the RockytopInsider guys that Berry was in the top 5 nationally in terms of avg yds per return. I posted that without checking. For some reason you decided to say that was wrong and you used some arbitrary example about a guy with 1 return for 61 yards to invalidate my post.

So, all I did was a little research, saw that he actually ranks 7th nationally and 2nd in the SEC and compared his 14 returns vs the average return number of the nation's top ten returners, which was 19. Unless Berry had only returned 1 or 4 kicks, I'm not sure what your point is. I don't know what the best/minimum qualifying number is, just wanted to share that the kid is doing a great job compared to the best KORs in the SEC and nation in supporting the idea that neither Devrin nor anybody else should be returning kicks for us.
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Great big :eek:k: on agreeing he's been doing very well. Having said that I did nothing like what you said I did. You actually agreed with me in that numbers can be awfully arbitrary when I cited how, if one wanted to, use something as small as 1 big return to have a crazy high return average. I also pointed out how even the site you cited had very specific conditions set forth for who qualified. Even with that I was only pointing out Evan didn't quite crack the top 5 though he did break the top 10...which is obviously great.
 
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Jdh13579 said:
Hey he got a free ride to play in the sec and a degree, he did his job. As far as a football player he should be playing at Carson Newman. Any ut fan with eyes will say he's nowhere near division 1 talent.
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Dude. Seriously. He gave everything he had for UT. Sorry he doesn't match up to that Heisman I'm sure YOU have.
 
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Jdh13579 said:
Devrin young? LOL WHO? 4 year waste of a scholarship Devrin? Get outa here, play your athletes butch. Not a guy who made a career of running out of bounds at the 15.
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Dbag post. Period. Devrin would drag you...even with broken ribs. Kid gave his all for the Vols. Bet he is far more successful in life than you will be...hes got determination and grit.
 
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DY maybe didn't have a career full of huge highlight plays, but he has been a solid contributor when he's been healthy. There were a lot more positive plays than plays that put TN in bad spots. This year his worst plays were probably not staying in the end zone several times and instead ran kick offs to the 15-20 rather than taking the touchbacks and the 25.

I'm sure he must have had a few fumbles along the way, but honestly I can't recall any that were devastating. He had a lot of 5 or 6 yard gains that go unnoticed but put the offense in good down and distance situations.

If he was a "waste of a scholarship" he would have never seen the field. That was an idiotic comment by a troll.
 
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It's too bad Devrin has not shared the field very much this year with Dobbs taking the snaps. I don't recall which in which game DY broke his ribs. They are two of the more elusive runners on the team. Pairing them up could have created problems for defenses this year.

To the OP, Berry should return KOs in the bowl game. DY is needed depth at WO and probably RB as well.
 
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If I see Devrin young return the opening kickoff I'm turning the game off. He's just not a good kick returner. He's a decent change of pace RB and a fair slot receiver but he's painful to watch on special teams.
 
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He's better at punt returns than kick off returns. He's quick, not necessarily fast. Willie Gault was fast.
 
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sechamp2012 said:
DY is 3rd all time KO returns for UT. I think behind Willie Gault and Terry Fair.
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Devrin young returned how many kick offs for touchdowns? 0. And we all know how many times we got scored on so he had chances. He returned 0 punts either. Please do not mention him with ut legends ever again. He wore a jersey and worked out for 4 years. thats all he did. I think he's a great kid and a hard worker but he's not an sec player and shouldn't touch the field anymore for ut. He had every chance in the world to contribute and he chose to run out of bounds every kick and fumble multiple times.
 
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Jdh13579 said:
Devrin young returned how many kick offs for touchdowns? 0. And we all know how many times we got scored on so he had chances. He returned 0 punts either. Please do not mention him with ut legends ever again. He wore a jersey and worked out for 4 years. thats all he did. I think he's a great kid and a hard worker but he's not an sec player and shouldn't touch the field anymore for ut. He had every chance in the world to contribute and he chose to run out of bounds every kick and fumble multiple times.
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The level of **** you're full of is astounding. He gave his all for Tennessee and contributed. If he wasn't worthy of a scholarship he wouldn't have seen the field.
 
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UNAVol89 said:
If I see Devrin young return the opening kickoff I'm turning the game off. He's just not a good kick returner. He's a decent change of pace RB and a fair slot receiver but he's painful to watch on special teams.
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Don't say that about Devrin! He's a good guy and a hard worker! His groupies on here will not appreciate you telling the truth about his special teams skills. LOL
 
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appyvol said:
The level of **** you're full of is astounding. He gave his all for Tennessee and contributed. If he wasn't worthy of a scholarship he wouldn't have seen the field.
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I'm not arguing he gave his all haha. If that's all you can say after 4 years then he obviously didn't do much of anything. Let's hear his stats.. I'll wait. He had more fumbles than touchdowns and ran out of bounds every kickoff. What exactly did he do besides wear a jersey and workout? I'd love to hear it. Typical Dooley recruit.
 
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Evan Berry's limited runs naked me excited about the future.. Looks like he has a jet engine on his back
 
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Biopsyman said:
Evan Berry's limited runs naked me excited about the future.. Looks like he has a jet engine on his back
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He looks like real deal, he's fast and has great vision. Also not afraid to take it right up the middle. I hope he houses one tmw! First decent returner we've had sense c.p
 
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