A.T. Perry

Former wide receiver at Wake Forest. 2022: 81 catches, 1,096 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Wake Forest · Jr. · #9

6′5″ · 205 lb · Lake Worth, FL

CFB Index 87 · #14 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNew Orleans — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 18, #195 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1418 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

Statement game10 rec · 119 yds · 3 TDvs Syracuse (FBS) · W 45-35

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Wake Forest. 2022: 81 catches, 1,096 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2018.
Drafted round 6 by the New Orleans in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wake Forest, 2,662 receiving yards — drafted at #195 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 159 yds at NC State.NC State · L 21-302022

2018

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Park Vista Community

2023

Drafted by New Orleansround 6, pick 195

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1418 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #195

New Orleans · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

#195Rd 6 · Pick 18

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 31-18 over that span.

2019Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

87All-Conference level #14 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#176 / 636 · 72nd pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#211 / 636 · 67th pct

13.4

EPA / target#316 / 636 · 50th pct

0.69

Explosive rate#362 / 636 · 43rd pct

11.9%

Catch rate#502 / 636 · 21st pct

68.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#7 / 550 · 98th pct

Receptions#12 / 550 · 98th pct

Rec yards#16 / 550 · 97th pct

1096

Long catch#104 / 550 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#239 / 550 · 56th pct

13.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

66th → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 43rd percentile

Catch rate

9th → 21st percentile

TD rate

86th → 72nd percentile

Yards / catch

93rd → 67th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.9	67.6	14.1	1.0
Road6g	7.8	104	14.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.7	85.4	15.8	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	83.0	12.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #14 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Wake Forest	81	1,096	13.5	11	--
2021	Wake Forest	71	1,293	18.2	15	--
2020	Wake Forest	15	211	14.1	1	--
2019	Wake Forest	4	62	15.5	1	--
Career		171	2,662	15.6	28	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 31–21

at Florida State

8 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

With S. Hartman — 234 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · -5 rush yds (11 car) · J. Ellison — 114 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.52Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 68 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 10 · NC State · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.55Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 29 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 2 · Vanderbilt · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.37Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 49 yds to the Vandy 25 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Missouri · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.26Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 28 yds to the Misso 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · NC State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 13 yds to the NCSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Army · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 26 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 8 · Boston College · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 13 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 12 · Syracuse · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 12 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 32 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 1 · Missouri · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Sam Hartman pass complete to A.T. Perry for 11 yds to the Misso 39 for a 1ST down MISSOURI Penalty, Roughing Passer (15 Yards) to the Misso 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-10vs VMI	3	47	15.7	0	33
Wk 2	W 45-25@ Vanderbilt	5	142	28.4	1	68	142-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 37-36vs Liberty	4	33	8.3	0	10
Wk 4	L 45-51vs Clemson	4	51	12.8	1	23
Wk 5	W 31-21@ Florida State	8	91	11.4	1	22
Wk 6	W 45-10vs Army	5	118	23.6	1	46
Wk 8	W 43-15vs Boston College	3	42	14.0	1	17
Wk 9	L 21-48@ Louisville	3	28	9.3	0	11
Wk 10	L 21-30@ NC State	12	159	13.3	1	29	Season-high 159 yds
Wk 11	L 34-36vs North Carolina	5	63	12.6	1	32
Wk 12	W 45-35vs Syracuse	10	119	11.9	3	29	3 TD catches
Wk 13	L 31-34@ Duke	8	87	10.9	1	31
Bowl	W 27-17@ Missouri	11	116	10.5	0	28
Total		81	1096	14.1	11	68