Alex Perry

Senior wide receiver for Illinois. 2025: 56 catches, 840 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Illinois · Sr. · #9

6′5″ · 210 lb · Port Charlotte, FL · Port Charlotte

CFB Index 73 · #60 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTransferred Florida International → Illinois for 2026

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The numbers

840

receiving yards · 2025

56 catches · 9 TD · 15 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Liberty from 37% to 72% to win.Liberty at Florida International · 34-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Illinois. 2025: 56 catches, 840 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Hawai'i in 2022.
Transferred from Florida International to Illinois in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

Yards / catch: 76th percentile.

The full scouting read

Alex Perry

WR · Illinois · Sr · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Alex Perry has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 140 rec yds, 7 receptions against Sam Houston — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Hawai'i3-10HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy

2024Hawai'i5-7HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #60 of 485?

High confidenceBreakout10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#189 / 798 · 76th pct

13.9

Explosive rate#258 / 798 · 68th pct

12.9%

TD rate#412 / 798 · 48th pct

2.4%

EPA / target#437 / 798 · 45th pct

0.39

Catch rate#638 / 798 · 20th pct

58.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#17 / 558 · 97th pct

Rec yards#54 / 558 · 90th pct

840

Receptions#86 / 558 · 85th pct

Long catch#124 / 558 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#133 / 558 · 76th pct

15.0

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%23 of his 85 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.8	69.8	15.8	0.7
Road7g	3.9	60.1	14.9	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	36.3	11.5	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	5.3	88.9	18.5	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #60 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Florida International	56	840	15.0	9	--
2024	Hawai'i	22	195	8.9	0	--
2023	Hawai'i	24	277	11.5	3	--
2022	Hawai'i	2	19	9.5	0	--
Career		104	1,331	12.8	12	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Jacksonville State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +5.67(13:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 J.Pesansky pass complete short left to #4 A.Perry caught at JSU45, for 64 yards to the JSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:56, 1ST DOWN #16 N.Grant kick attempt good (H: #6 T.Wilhoit, LS: #47 J.Wood)
Week 14 · Sam Houston · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.58No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Jenkins pass complete short left to #4 A.Perry caught at SAM31, for 35 yards to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:37, 1ST DOWN #16 N.Grant kick attempt good (H: #6 T.Wilhoit, LS: #47 J.Wood) PENALTY SAM Offside (#2 C.Powell) 2 yards from SAM03 to SAM01. NO PLAY #5 K.Owens rush attempt Successful
Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.85Keyone Jenkins pass complete to Alex Perry for 34 yds to the WKU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.12(10:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 J.Pesansky pass complete deep left to #4 A.Perry caught at MTSU00, for 20 yards to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:34, 1ST DOWN #16 J.Pesansky pass attempt failed
Week 4 · Delaware · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Keyone Jenkins pass complete to Alex Perry for 5 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 12 · Liberty · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97(14:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 J.Pesansky pass complete short left to #4 A.Perry caught at FIU29, for 36 yards to the LIB44 (#7 D.Henderson), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.94(13:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 J.Pesansky pass complete short right to #4 A.Perry caught at MTSU02, for 18 yards to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:35, 1ST DOWN #16 J.Pesansky pass attempt failed
Week 9 · Kennesaw State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92(11:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Jenkins pass complete short middle to #4 A.Perry caught at FIU40, for 35 yards to the KSU44 (#2 C.Offord), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Missouri State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Alex Perry 25 Yd pass from Keyone Jenkins (Noah Grant Kick)
Week 2 · Penn State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Keyone Jenkins pass complete to Alex Perry for 13 yds to the PSU 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-9vs Bethune-Cookman	3	17	5.7	0	11
Wk 2	L 0-34@ Penn State	2	15	7.5	0	13
Wk 3	W 38-28vs Florida Atlantic	2	46	23.0	1	26
Wk 4	L 16-38vs Delaware	5	84	16.8	1	47
Wk 6	L 10-51@ UConn	4	32	8.0	0	11
Wk 8	W 25-6@ Western Kentucky	3	86	28.7	0	36
Wk 9	L 26-45vs Kennesaw State	7	75	10.7	0	35
Wk 10	L 21-28@ Missouri State	3	53	17.7	1	25
Wk 11	W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee	5	71	14.2	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 34-27vs Liberty	8	88	11.0	1	36
Wk 13	W 27-21vs Jacksonville State	4	109	27.3	1	64
Wk 14	W 56-16@ Sam Houston	7	140	20.0	2	35	Season-high 140 yds
Bowl	L 20-57@ UTSA	3	24	8.0	0	14
Total		56	840	15.3	9	64

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Donaven McCulley’s 2023 season.

Donaven McCulley

85%match

Indiana · 2023

Caleb Douglas

Texas Tech · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 11

78%

Chase Roberts

BYU · 2025

All-Big 12

76%

Jerand Bradley

Texas Tech · 2022

75%

Matches Donaven on

Yards / reception

Weight

Class year

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Keith Corbin’s path through Jackson State.

Keith Corbin

99%match

Jackson State · 2021

Tre Walker

San José State · 2020

99%

Quintin Morris

Bowling Green · 2020

All-MAC

98%

Malik Murray

East Tennessee State · 2021

98%

Julius Young

Lafayette · 2022

97%

Matches Keith on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Denzel Boston's senior season at Washington (2025).

Denzel Boston

72%match

Washington · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 7

Caleb Douglas

Texas Tech · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 11

68%

Chase Roberts

BYU · 2025

All-Big 12

66%

Devaughn Vele

Utah · 2023

NFL Rd 7

61%

Troy Omeire

UNLV · 2025

60%

Matches Denzel on

TD rate

Reception volume

Height

Differs from Denzel on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Total EPA (college ability) (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Alex Perry

Finn Hogan

Bowling Green · 2024

81%

Caleb Douglas

Texas Tech · 2025

78%

Reece Vander Zee

Iowa · 2025

78%

Brodrick Malone

New Mexico State · 2025

67%

Justin Robinson

West Virginia · 2024

62%

Background

2025 - FIU All-CUSA First Team Phil Steele All-CUSA First Team Started all 13 games at wide receiver 56 receptions for 840 yards and nine touchdowns on the season Led the team in receptions (56), receiving yards (840), and receiving touchdowns (9) 100-yard receiving performances in back-to-back g...

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The receiver room · Illinois

#9Alex PerryWR · Sr.840 receiving yards · 2025
#1Jayshon PlattWR · Sr.720 receiving yards · 2025
#17Collin DixonWR · Jr.548 receiving yards · 2025
#13Hudson ClementWR · Sr.454 receiving yards · 2025
#10Ty RobinsonWR · Sr.113 receiving yards · 2025

10 more on the roster · Illinois team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2022

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Jump-Ball Target

Players who play like Alex Perry

Background

The receiver room · Illinois