Joshua Perry in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Ohio State, 2012–⁠15

Joshua Perry

Number
No. 15
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Galena, OH
Born
Apr 26, 1994, in Franklin, Tennessee

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Joshua Perry played linebacker at Ohio State (2012–⁠15). The San Diego Chargers took Perry in round 4, No. 102 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 102
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Ohio State1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBU
20124325000
2013N14382664212
On file412869212

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Ohio State15LB
2013Ohio State15LB
2014Ohio State15LB6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2014 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 13vs.Kent StateW 66–⁠01

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠27).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′3¾″
Weight254 lb
Arm length33⅞″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.65 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.21 s
20-yard shuttle4.35 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 11 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016San Diego Chargers112000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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