Ryan Berry

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Watertown, S.D.
High School:
Watertown

Ryan returns for his second season as the Jackrabbits’ starting quarterback ... two-time Academic All-Great West Football Conference selection (2005, 2007) ... majoring in biology/pre-medicine

2007
Started all 11 games and threw for touchdowns in first 10 games of season ... recorded double figures for completions in all 11 games, including career-best 28 completions (28-of-40) for 208 yards and a touchdown in losing effort at Youngstown State to earn team’s offensive player of the week honors ... top overall performance came against Georgia Southern, a game in which he helped spark comeback by completing 25-for-47 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns ... completed 22-of-33 passes for 261 yards and two scores in road victory at UC Davis

2006
Came off the bench to play in three games ... was 7-of-15 passing for 58 yards in season opener against Wisconsin-La Crosse ... completed 2-of-5 pass attempts for 16 yards versus William Penn (Iowa)

2005
Played in eight games, starting games against Georgia Southern and Northern Colorado ... tied the SDSU single-game record for touchdown passes in a game with five in first career start against Georgia Southern ... completed 17-of-27 passes for 239 yards with scoring strikes of 12, 27, 6, 42 and 13 yards ... connected with eight different receivers in Northern Colorado start, finishing game 14-of-22 for 166 yards ... in reserve performance against Missouri-Rolla on Hobo Day, rushed seven times for 44 yards and hit 8-for-14 passes for 77 yards ... completed 2-of-3 passes for 30 yards and a touchdown, and ran 21 yards for another score in home win over Valparaiso

2004
Redshirted

BEFORE SDSU
As a senior at Watertown High School, passed for 1,117 yards and 11 touchdowns while running for 377 yards and seven scores ... for his career, passed for 2,623 yards and 21 TDs ... also a three-year starter at free safety, where he totaled 10 career interceptions ... earned all-state honors as a junior and senior, and was a member of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 team ... earned all-conference honors three times in football and was also an all-conference player in basketball ... older sister, Jaime, played basketball at North Dakota State and is currently an assistant coach for the Bison