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Senior Profiles BRANDON
PERRY
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Defensive Tackle/6-1/291/r-Senior Hawkinsville, GA Hawkinsville High School
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“Middle Tennessee has made me a more wellrounded person and I have learned what it takes to be a leader, how to be disciplined, and how to overcome adversity. I am fortunate to be at a place like Middle Tennessee.”
ADVERSITY 2009: Earned the most improved award and the most improved strength training award 2005: Played in eight of 11 games … Finished with five tackles including two tackles for for defensive linemen at the conclusion of spring drills. loss and a sack for the season … Saw limited action in the season opener at Alabama, then two weeks later came up with his first collegiate sack in the loss to Akron … Had 2008: Played in all 12 games and was in on 326 total snaps, including a season-best one tackle in a reserve role against Vanderbilt, ULL, and Troy … Missed the Arkansas State 47 at Kentucky … Turned in a career-best 14 tackles (coaches had him with 17 stops) game due to family reasons … Came back against Louisiana-Monroe in a limited role on the season to go with 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception, and one fumble recovery and had a tackle for loss … Did not play in the season finale at FIU due to an injury. … Earned eight winning grades from the coaches … Collected one stop in win over Maryland … Recorded Career Statistics High School: Helped lead Hawkinsville High School to his first career fumble recovery at Kentucky to go with Tackles G UA A Tot. Sacks TFL FR INT a share of the Class A state championship with a 14-0-1 one tackle … Also had one tackle at Arkansas State 2005 11 4 1 5 record (tied Clinch County in the state championship 1-3 2-4 0 0 … Added two tackles in win over FAU … Also had 2006 game) ... Registered 102 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 8 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 two tackles at Louisville and two solo stops and a TFL 2007 and eight sacks in 2004 ... Rated a three-star player 2 2 2 4 0-0 1-1 0 0 at Mississippi State … Had his first career intercep- 2008 12 7 7 14 by Rivals.com and the 23rd best defensive tackle in 0-0 1.5-2 1 1 tion in win over ULM … Added three stops in season Total 33 14 14 28 1-3 4.5-7 1 1 the nation ... Ranked 23rd on the Georgia Postseason finale at Louisiana. Top 40 list ... Made the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 list (top players in South) ... In the Insiders.com 2005 South Hot 2007: Registered a career-best four tackles including one for lost yardage at FAU in 28 100 written in May 2004, Perry was regarded as the top defensive tackle prospect in the snaps … Broke his foot at Louisville after playing 43 snaps and missed the remainder South ... Received offers from Florida, Auburn, Nebraska, and Florida State. of the season. Full Name: Brandon Cornelius Perry … Parent: Angela Burns ... Born: 4/29/86 … 2006: Saw action in eight games and collected five total tackles on the season … Suf- Major: Liberal Studies. fered a foot injury during the second week of spring drills and missed the remainder of practice … Did not play in opener against FIU or in games against Maryland and CAREER HIGHS – Most Tackles 4 vs FAU, 2007; Most Solo Tackles 2 vs FAU, 2007; FAU, Tennessee Tech … Played in his first game of the season at Oklahoma and tallied one ULL 2008; Most Tackles for Loss 1 , four times; Most QB Sacks 1 vs Akron, 2005;Fumble Recovery 1 vs Kentucky, 2008; Interceptions 1 vs ULM, 2008 tackle in eight plays … Followed the OU game with 10 snaps against North Texas … Did not play against Louisville … Had one tackle in three snaps at Louisiana-Monroe and played just one snap in win over Louisiana-Lafayette … Played eight snaps on defense in win over FAU … Had two tackles in win over Arkansas State … Recorded one stop in 16 plays at South Carolina.
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