MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Brian Jenkins will start his second season at Alabama State with perhaps the most productive and reliable player in the Southwestern Athletic Conference — Kourtney Berry.
“I’m honored to have a chance in my coaching career to coach Kourtney Berry,” Jenkins said. “Phenomenal young man. He’s the keystone to our defense. There is no secret to that. He’s a very humble young man.”
The 2015 SWAC defensive player of the year, Berry has posted 363 tackles in three seasons, but has yet to win a conference title. So he enters his final year looking to lead the Hornets to their first SWAC championship since 2004.
ASU starts preseason practice Tuesday and opens the season Sept. 3 at Texas-San Antonio.
“I continually speak it into existence and just try to work every day to make sure it comes true,” said Berry, who has received his bachelor’s degree and is pursuing his master’s degree.
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Alicia Cooper
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Prairie View A&M
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Kela Gray
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Howard
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Aaliyah Lewis
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Alabama State
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M
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Laadi Issaka
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Mississippi Valley State
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M
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Ariela Lewis
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Alabama State
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M
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Jalana Ellis
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Jackson State
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M
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Sara Vaughn
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Howard
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D
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Kendall Hamilton
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Howard
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D
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Kyleigh Io
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Jackson State
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D
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Makayla Johnson
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Texas Southern
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G
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Faith Toennies
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Jackson State
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Heather Craddock
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Mississippi Valley State
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Whitney White
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Howard
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Emily Fleming
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Alabama State
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Mariana Balboa
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Mississippi Valley State
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Kalen Roberts
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Jackson State
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Anna Mitchell
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Howard
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Sie’Yara Wells
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Jackson State
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Zakiya Muhammad
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Howard
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Kayla Edwards
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Alabama State
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Sandra Bond
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Howard
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Mackenzie Diotte
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Howard
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Howard
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Mississippi Valley State
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Alabama State
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Jackson State
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Prairie View A&M
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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Texas Southern
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Alabama A&M
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Southern
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Grambling State
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Alcorn State
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