Fred Perry is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Perry plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Came to West Virginia by way of Jacksonville State. Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Houston, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 23 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@ No. 22 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 No. 7 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 51 | 10.0 | 3.0 | — | 3 |
Week 10 · 2025
W 45-35
at Houston
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 13 tackles
Edged out Houston on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%10 TFL78 tackles · 10 for loss · 3 sacks · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
78 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
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-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez.
