Wilson Berry

2024 – Junior • Saw action in all 12 games, primarily serving as the holder on special teams • Punted in five games, totaling 12 punts for 484 yards … Averaged 40.3 yards per punt … Five punts were inside the 20-yard line (vs. Southern Miss, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and Ole Miss) • Dean’s List (Spring 2024) 2023 – Sophomore • Punted in all 13 games and had 56 punts for 2,185 yards and a 39.7 average (9th in the SEC) • 13 punts inside the 20-yard line and nine 50-plus yarders • Had three punts for a career-best 51.7-yard average vs. EKU … All three punts were at least 50 yards, including a career-long 55-yarder, and all three landed inside the 20-yard line 2022 – r-Freshman • Starting punter in the last four games of the season (Vanderbilt, Georgia, Louisville and Iowa) after Colin Goodfellow’s season-ending injury at the end of the Missouri game • Totaled 19 punts for 782 yards (41.2) with six punts inside the 20-yard line, two punts of 50-plus yards and seven punts were fair catches • Got his first punt of the season in the fourth quarter at Missouri, a 35-yarder, for injured Colin Goodfellow • Had his best game as a Wildcat against No. 1 Georgia, punting three times for a 46.7-yard average … Boomed a career-long 53-yarder in the third quarter • Had three punts for a 42.7-yard average, including a 39-yarder to the one-yard line late in the game in the win over Louisville 2021 – Freshman • Had four punts for 148 yards (37.0) with one punt instead the 20-yard line in two games played • Missed a majority of the season with a back injury • Had two punts for 71 yards (35.5) in the season opener vs. ULM, his first collegiate action • Mid-year enrollee in January 2021 High School / Australian Rules Football • Following in the footsteps of UK’s two previous Aussie punters – Matt Panton (2017) and Max Duffy (2018-20), the 2019 Ray Guy Award winner as the nation’s best punter • Comes to UK from the auspices of ProKick Australia • 247sports rated him as the No. 3 player out of Australia and the No. 7 punter in the 2020 recruiting class • Coached by Nathan Chapman and John Smith at ProKick • Following high school, played three years of Australian rules football for Essendon’s team in the Victorian Football League • Prior to footy, attended Maribyrnong College, previously known as Maribyrnong High School, that specializes in sports Community Cats • God’s Pantry (2022) – Volunteered to pack food bags for a food drive Personal • Born in Ballarat, Victoria • Son of Jason and Louise Berry • Has three brothers, Jordan, Lachlan and Oscar • Currently 27 years old (birthday is in June), oldest player on the team • Married to the former Courtney Stewart of Paducah, Kentucky • The couple has two sons, Leo and Gus • Older brother, Jordan, played football at Eastern Kentucky and was the punter for the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers … Younger brother, Oscar, played basketball at the University of North Florida • Graduated in May of ’23 with a degree in kinesiology … Currently working on a master’s degree in kinesiology and health promotion • While playing footy, held down a part-time job at Grill’d, a restaurant known for preparing healthy hamburgers … Started as a waiter before being promoted to the kitchen as a cook and then as an assistant manager Wilson Says • His nickname is “Bangers” • Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to be a physical therapist • One word to describe him on the fi eld is “silky” • To calm butterflies before a game he watches Max Duffy highlights • The best advice he’s ever received is “life’s uncertain, eat dessert first”