Thu. Mar 28th, 2024

When I say Drew Moor-esque, it's only because he's the most similar defender the Rapids currently have to Berry. He's actually got some qualities that make him a bit more of a Julien Baudet type. Berry is a very tall 6'2'' and is a physical defender, which is actually an archetype that the Rapids could certainly use. Tyrone Marshall kind of played the 'big man off the bench' role for the Rapids this season, but couldn't really slot himself in well.

I watched Austin Berry during the combine and he was, to say the least, quite impressive in the first day as his team played to a 0-0 tie. He had similar player Andrew Jean-Baptiste by his side they shut down the center of the midfield with physical but clean play and clean if not crisp passes up the field. Berry has been defined mostly by the first part, physical play at center back. He's not particularly fast and his passing is going to need a bit of work judging by highlights I've seen of him and his passing at the combine, but it's nothing serious and for a center back it's not particularly a big need to get perfect balls through to the strikers.

The other guy who fits this profile is Andrew Jean-Baptise, but it's far more likely that Berry falls to 14th overall mostly because Jean-Baptise is now a part of Generation Adidas and that will make him quite tantalizing to the teams with higher picks, especially if the draft goes like last years and the GA guys are gone quickly.

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