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10 best NFL Draft picks in Tennessee football history

By Andrew Hughes

All For Tennessee takes a look at the 10 best Volunteers-turned-NFL draft picks in the history of the Tennessee football program Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports
All For Tennessee takes a look at the 10 best Volunteers-turned-NFL draft picks in the history of the Tennessee football program Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee football S Eric Berry
Tennessee football S Eric Berry Mandatory Credit: Knoxville /

S. Kansas City Chiefs. Eric Berry. 5. player. 124.

No. 5 best NFL Draft pick in Tennessee football history: Eric Berry

2010 NFL Draft: Round 1, Pick 5

Kansas City Chiefs, 2010–2018

Eric Berry was snakebitten throughout his NFL career, tearing his Achilles the first game after signing a six-year, $78 million contract in 2017 and being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just before having his 2014 season cut short. Still, he was able to overcome that and be named a First Team All-Pro three times and a Pro Bowler five times.

None of his pro success was too much of a shock all things considered. Berry was a highly decorated Volunteer whose time in Knoxville produced two Unanimous All-American and First-Team All SEC seasons in 2008 and 2009.

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