About 30 letters a day is what you can expect when you coach one of the best prospects in the country. Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming rates Berry as the nation's second best defensive back. Whitley, who coached former Florida Gator Channing Crowder at North Springs High School, says Berry is the best player he's ever coached. He's a six-foot tall, 195 pound senior from Fairburn, Georgia, and soon he'll be making one of the most important decisions of his life, choosing a college.

"I think he has it down to about 10 schools," Whitley says. Believe it or not, that's good news when you consider how many universities have tried reeling Berry in.

Berry started getting attention from colleges since the 10th grade. Recently, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Southern California, and Ohio State have been the heaviest hitters. But there are no frontrunners yet. So what will be the deciding factors?

"Basically all the schools I'm looking at, they have mainly the same things," he says. "The only thing different is the coaches and the people around the campus."

Ohio State wants Berry so badly, they got former Buckeyes defensive back/receiver Chris Gamble to make a video telling Berry how much he could accomplish at The Ohio State University.

"That one really caught my attention," Berry says. "I kind of liked that one."

But he doesn't like everything about the recruiting process. When you are a stud recruit, the attention can be a little overwhelming at times. Berry had to get rid of text messaging on his phone in May because the texting was incessant. For two straight months, Berry was stuck with a $300 text messaging bill.

"It can get crazy at times," he says, "but I'd rather be in this position than any other one right now, so I'm excited about it."

When Berry takes the field for Creekside, about four or five scouts (that he knows of) are in attendance. His father played at Tennessee and his uncle went to Georgia, so you'd think there would be added pressure to attend those schools. But there isn't. His parents have guided him through the process beautifully, and he has a remarkable ability to block out all of the attention.

"If the kid doesn't have his head on right," his coach says, "it can be very overwhelming."

But he does have his head on right. Berry is a good student according to his head coach, and he insists on going to a school with a pre-medical program. If he does in fact commit to your favorite school, there's a good chance you'll see him graduate, because that seems to be a priority for him and his family.

25 schools have made offers to Berry. Eventually it will be whittled down to one. Which school has the best coaches? Where is the best atmosphere? Where can he learn to be a doctor? Combine those pressing questions with the constant text messages, phone calls, letters, visits to campus, and outside pressure, and you get a potentially stressful situation.

Unless you're dealing with a kid like Eric Berry.

"Nobody really knows he hasn't missed a day of practice. He's a 'yes sir, no sir' type of kid," Whitley says. "In terms of the whole package, Eric is probably the best I've ever been around."