David Perales: DE · Fresno State · #99.
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David Perales
Wins the corner before the tackle can set. Played for three head coaches at Fresno State: Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks and Jeff Tedford. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Mountain West again in 2022. One game to point at: 6 tackles against UConn — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 15 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fresno State | 45 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 45 | 21 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 27 | 19 | 8.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 117 | 70 | 37.0 | 22.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Cal Poly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-35vs Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45@ No. 7 USC | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | L 14-19@ UConn | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-40@ Boise State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-10vs San José State | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 41-9@ New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-28vs San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-13vs Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-30@ UNLV | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 41-14@ Nevada | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-0vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 1 | 3 |
Week 7 · 2022
W 17-10
4 sacks · 5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
23%10 sacksTFL rate
33%15 TFLHurry rate
13%6 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
64%10 of 16 pressures45 tackles · 15 for loss · 10.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Tedford
Pass share
51.0%
469 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.7
14 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
495 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #4 of 387 FBS edge rushers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Fresno State, 22 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jeff Tedford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
