#41

Elliott Berry

Linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 27 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Tennessee · #41

5′11″ · 206 lb · Fairburn, GA

Tennessee 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 757 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 27 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 61 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Creekside

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#757 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#376 / 2682 · 84th pct

Sacks#672 / 2682 · 73rd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Tackles#1503 / 2682 · 43rd pct

Solo tackles#1681 / 2682 · 36th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.7
Road4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.2	0.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	27	13	2.0	1.5	4	--	--
2016	Tennessee	34	22	3.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		61	35	5.5	1.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 42–41

at Georgia Tech

1 TOT

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week