Fred Perry

Senior safety on West Virginia's 2025 roster.

S · West Virginia · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 206 lb · Vienna, GA

CFB Index 78 · #53 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to West Virginia for 2026

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1525 nationally · Signed with Jacksonville State

Statement game19 tackles · 1 TFL · 0.5 sacksat Eastern Michigan (FBS) · L 34-37

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on West Virginia's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jacksonville State in 2022.
Transferred from Jacksonville State to West Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

Fred Perry

S · West Virginia · Sr · #5

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He got to West Virginia by way of Jacksonville State. Two straight seasons of it now: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week again in 2025. The receipt on tape: 13 tackles, 2 TFL against Houston, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #53 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#61 / 2975 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

Tackles#167 / 2975 · 94th pct

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.3	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road6g	7.7	1.0	0.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.2	0.8	0.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	0.9	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #53 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #6 of 40 Big 12 Ss

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	78	51	10.0	3.0	3	--	--
2024	Jacksonville State	109	46	10.0	3.0	2	--	--
2023	Jacksonville State	75	49	4.0	0.0	5	1	1
Career		262	146	24.0	6.0	10	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	10	6	2.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	8	6	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-38@ BYU	10	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	5	3	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	13	9	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		78	51	10.0	3.0	—	3

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

78Tackles

51Solo

10TFL

3Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

78 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.

Week 21 sack · 2 PD
Week 31 sack
Week 101 sack
Week 121 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

West Virginia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · West Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -17 net (34 in / 51 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tykee Smith’s 2023 season.

Tykee Smith

77%match

Georgia · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 26

Seyi Oladipo

Boise State · 2024

All-Mountain West

74%

Joseph Foucha

Arkansas · 2021

74%

Martez Manuel

Missouri · 2021

73%

Ji'Ayir Brown

Penn State · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 24

73%

Matches Tykee on

PD rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Differs from Tykee on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jeremy Mack Jr.'s senior season at Old Dominion (2025).

Jeremy Mack Jr.

87%match

Old Dominion · 2025

All-Sun Belt

Jaiden Francois

Duke · 2025

84%

Tykee Smith

Georgia · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 26

82%

Seyi Oladipo

Boise State · 2024

All-Mountain West

82%

Dalton Johnson

Arizona · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 5

82%

Matches Jeremy on

PD rate

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Fred Perry

Donovan Kaufman

NC State · 2024

86%

Craig Woodson

California · 2023

82%

TyGee Leach

Georgia State · 2023

74%

Ahmaad Moses

SMU · 2025

72%

Drue Watts

Memphis · 2025

63%

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

Fred Perry

2022

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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