RJ Perry

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-6
Weight:
330
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Fairfield, Ala.
Prev School:
Tennessee
High School:
Fairfield Prep HS

• College Gridiron Classic Selection

A Spring 2023 transfer from Tennessee, who played 20 career games with the Vols.

2024: Selected to compete in the College Gridiron Classic...started 12 games as left tackle as USF went 7-6 and won a bowl game for the second straight season...helped the Bulls run for 34 touchdowns on the ground, the second-most in program history, and log 2,343 yards on the ground, posting 190.6 yards per game to rank 28th nationally and fourth in the AAC...the Bulls posted four 300-yard or more rushing games, tied for the third-most in FBS...the Bulls had three running backs with at least 400 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.

2023: Saw action in nine games and had six starts all across the offensive line throughout the season, once at RT (WKU 9/2), once at RG (Alabama 9/16), three games at LT (Rice 9/23, Navy 9/30, and UAB 10/7), and twice at LG (FAU 10/14 and UCONN 10/21).

2022 (TENNESSEE): Played in 13 games for a Tennessee team that went 11-2, won the Orange Bowl and finished No. 6 in the nation for the program’s highest ranking in 21 years.

2021 (TENNESSEE): Played in seven games, primarily on field goal and PAT units … played in the final six games of the 2021 season … took six offensive snaps at left tackle against South Alabama (11/20) … made his collegiate debut against Tennessee Tech (9/18) and logged four offensive snaps at left tackle.

2020 (TENNESSEE): Switched from defensive line to offensive line prior to the season ... did not see action as a true freshman and earned a redshirt.

FAIRFIELD PREP HS: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247 Composite rankings … starred at Fairfield Preparatory School in Fairfield, Alabama … 2019 ASWA Class 5A Second Team All-State selection … 2018 ASWA Class 5A Second Team All-State selection … 2018 All-Birmingham Second Team selection … named to AL.com’s 101 Best Athletes from 2018-19 … posted 43 tackles, 27 TFLs and seven sacks as a junior in 2018 … first Fairfield football player to sign with an SEC program in over 40 years … was also a standout basketball player at Fairfield, earning ASWA Class 5A First Team All-State honors in 2018 and 2019 … was also an honorable mention for the 2019 AL.com Super All-State basketball team.

PERSONAL: Full name is Reginald Edward Means Perry…born on Jan. 21, 2002…son of Reginald Perry, Sr. and Trina Perry…recipient of the Robinson & Holcomb Family Athletic Scholarship Endowment Fund...graduated USF undergraduate studies in the Spring of 2024.