Career: Enters junior season ranked 10th all-time in rushing yards (2,424) and all-purpose yards (3,363)...Ranks eighth in rushing TDs with 23.
2009: Preseason All-American Candidate
2008: GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year...First-Team All-GLIAC running back...Daktronics, Inc. First-Team All-Super Region 3...D2Football.com Honorable Mention All-American...Don Hansen's Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American...Daktronics, Inc. Honorable Mention All-American...Rushed for 1,403 yards and 15 TDs on 169 carries...Led the nation in yards per carry (8.3) for running backs with over 150 carries...Caught 30 passes for 445 yards and five TDs...Recorded 1,846 all-purpose yards (167.8 ypg)...Ranked sixth in the nation in rushing yards per game (127.5 ypg) and fourth in all-purpose yards per game (167.8 ypg)...Tied for sixth in scoring per game (10.9)...1,403 rushing yards ranked third all-time in Laker annals for a single season, while his 2,424 career rushing yards is eighth all-time...Ranks 10th all-time in the Laker record books with 3,363 all-purpose yards...Averaging a GVSU best 7.9 yards per carry in his career...Named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week twice during the 2008
campaign...Rushed for 234 yards and two TDs on 35 carries at Wayne State (11/8) and caught one pass for 11 yards en route to earning GLIAC honors...234 yards was the third-best single-game total in GVSU football history...Named GLIAC Player of the Week at Findlay (10/18) when he rushed for 188 yards and one TD on 23 carries, while also catching four passes for 104 yards and a TD...Became the first player in GVSU history to go over the 100-yards rushing and receiving mark in a single-game twice when rushed for 106 yards and a TD on 20 carries, while catching six passes for 101 yards and two TDs vs. Ashland...Broke the 100-yard rushing mark in 8-of-11 games in 2008 and has 12 in his career...Set the GVSU playoff single-game playoff record with 207 yards and three TDs on 19 carries vs. Ashland (11/22)...Rushed for 144 yards and two TDs on 11 carries vs. Indianapolis (9/6)...Toted the ball 17 times for 117 yards and two TDs at Saginaw Valley State (9/13)...Tallied 108 rushing yards on 13 carries vs. Ferris State...Rushed for 172 yards and three TDs on 14 carries vs. Hillsdale (10/11)...Played just one quarter vs. Michigan Tech (9/27), at Tiffin (10/4) and at Northern Michigan (11/1)...Caught at least two passes in 9-of-11 games.
2007: GLIAC Freshman of the Year...Voted GVSU Rookie of the Year...Played in all 13 games...Rushed for a team-high 1,021 yards and eight TDs on 137 carries...Set the GVSU freshman rushing record with 1,021 yards...Established freshman record for all-purpose yards with 1,516...Averaged 7.5 yards per carry...Notched 1,517 yards of total offense (116.7 ypg)...Caught five passes for 49 yards, returned 18 kickoffs for 389 yards (21.6 ypr) and returned seven punts for 58 yards... Broke the 100-yard rushing mark four times...Rushed for 135 yards and two 2 TDs on 10 carries vs. Findlay (9/15)...Toted the ball seven times for 125 yards and two TDs at Mercyhurst (10/6)...Rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries vs. Ferris State (10/27)...Notched 116 yards on 18 carries versus North Dakota in NCAA Playoffs (11/24)...Recorded 100 all-purpose yards or more in eight-of-13 games...Tallied 95 yards on nine carries vs. Indianapolis (10/13).
High School: Prepped at Warren De La Salle High School...Played for Paul Verska...Led team to Division II State Championship game as a senior...Rushed for 1,830 yards and 22 TDs as a senior...Earned Detroit News and Detroit Free Press Class A All-State honors as a senior...Named to the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press Dream Team...First-Team All-Catholic League.
Personal: Son of Jim Berezik.
| Berezik's Career Statistics |
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| | Rushing | Receiving | Returns |
| Year | G | Att | Yds | TD | Lg | Avg/C | Avg/G | Rec | Yds | TD | Lg | Rec/G | Avg/C | Avg/G | PR | Avg/R | KR | Avg/R |
| 2007 | 13 | 137 | 1021 | 8 | 72 | 7.5 | 78.5 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 20 | 0.4 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 7 | 8.3 | 18 | 21.6 |
| 2008 | 11 | 169 | 1403 | 15 | 62 | 8.3 | 127.5 | 30 | 445 | 5 | 77 | 2.7 | 14.8 | 40.5 | 1 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 306 | 2424 | 23 | 72 | 7.9 | 101.0 | 35 | 494 | 6 | 77 | 1.5 | 14.1 | 20.6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 21.6 |
