Rene Perry

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
5-11
Weight:
270
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lake City, Fla.
High School:
Columbia

2010 (Sr.): Played in 11 games . . . started 10 games . . . earned fourth letter . . . career high seven tackes vs Western Michigan . . . credited for a tackle for loss at Purdue, vs. Western Michigan and vs. Northern Illinois . . . recorded a sack at Purdue . . . blocked first career kick when deflected a 35-yard field goal attempt with 7:11 left in the third quarter vs Northern Illinois . . . received one of Ball State's Ray Louthen Senior Contribution Awards.

2009 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games to earn third letter . . . has played in all 39 games in first three seasons . . . season high five tackles at Army and at Eastern Michigan . . . credited with tackles for loss vs. New Hampshire, at Temple and vs. Ohio . . . tallied first career forced fumble at Army.

2008 (So.): Played in all 14 games to earn second letter . . . started 13 contests . . . season high three tackles in three games -- vs. Navy, vs. Eastern Michigan and at Miami University . . . two tackles in three games . . . first career tackle for loss vs. Kent State . . . tied for eighth on the team in tackles for loss . . . also managed tackles for loss at Toledo, vs. Eastern Michigan, vs. Northern Illinois, vs. Buffalo and vs. Tulsa.

2007 (Fr.): Played in all 13 games . . . earned first letter . . . started three games -- at Western Kentucky, at Western Michigan and at Illinois . . . tallied a season high five tackles vs. Western Kentucky . . . managed two tackles vs. Buffalo and at Western Michigan.

High School: Earned four letters in football for Coach Danny Green . . . helped team to an 8-2 overall record as a senior and a 32-10 mark in his career . . . all-conference as a junior and senior . . . all-state as a junior and earned honorable mention as a senior . . . rushed 99 times for 621 yards with four touchdowns plus tallied 43 tackles and four sacks as a senior . . . set the Columbia school record for power clean with a 350 lift . . . All-Gainesville Area as a junior and senior . . . named team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior . . . managed a 3.6 grade-point average on the school’s 4.0 scale . . . member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Brenda Perry . . . managed a 3.166 grade-point average last fall . . . one brother . . . born Oct. 24, 1988, in Slidell, La. . . . full name is Rene Lucious Perry.

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