If you have 15 minutes, this is a must watch interview conducted by Brett Kollmann on his Bootleg Football podcast.
Perry's dedication to small details to learning and training to be the best wide receiver is incredible.
So much discussion about the top 4-5 receivers in this draft, but this is the guy I want for the Giants.
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In the past two years he's averaged 1200 yards on 152 catches with 26 TDs. I like him as an X receiver.
Walter Football ranks him as the 17th best receiver and going in rounds 3-5.
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He could go late 2nd depending on the draft run of WRs
Very possible. The 2nd round options including Tyler Scott (who we showed interest in) are sneaky good.
Tough to find good dropped pass stats. If he had 17 drops its was on 152 completions, with 26 TDs, so a little less than 12 percent drop rate. He also had about half of those drops in the last three games of 2021. Maybe there was an injury issue? His drop rate was 12.5 in 2021, but it fell to less than 11.5 in 2022 on 81 catches.
Compare that to Quentin Johnston, who had a 12 percent drop rate in 2022 on 63 catches, 14th worst in college football last year, and over the last two years had just 93 catches for 12 TDs. Perry's final year was just shy of equaling Johnston's final two seasons in catches and TDs).
Watching highlight reels, both use their body on a lot on catches, but Perry seems to use only his hands on way more catches. Neither has big hands. The Giants need receivers who use their hands, not their body (we already have Robinson and Slayton).
I'd take Bergeron over both.
He'll be there at our pick in the third.
This is all nice and well and good, but the problem is he doesn't get separation.
He's a third round talent at best, but I wouldn't take him before the 4th.
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He'll be there at our pick in the third.
This is all nice and well and good, but the problem is he doesn't get separation.
He's a third round talent at best, but I wouldn't take him before the 4th.
The guys at Pro Football Network disagree with you.
"Few receivers are as long as Perry, yet he showcases impressive explosiveness, lateral agility, and suddenness as a route runner. His overall mix of physical tools is rare, and he compounds it with high-level natural receiving ability when the ball is in the air."
"His combination of route-running building blocks isn’t quite elite, as he can struggle to fully sink and execute sharp direction changes. But Perry has the necessary twitch, sink capacity, and throttle control to be an independent separator. And already, his combination of quick releases, long-strider speed, and instincts can pressure defenses downfield."
You don't catch 153 balls in two years in the SEC if you can't get separation.
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He'll be there at our pick in the third.
This is all nice and well and good, but the problem is he doesn't get separation.
He's a third round talent at best, but I wouldn't take him before the 4th.
The guys at Pro Football Network disagree with you.
"Few receivers are as long as Perry, yet he showcases impressive explosiveness, lateral agility, and suddenness as a route runner. His overall mix of physical tools is rare, and he compounds it with high-level natural receiving ability when the ball is in the air."
"His combination of route-running building blocks isn’t quite elite, as he can struggle to fully sink and execute sharp direction changes. But Perry has the necessary twitch, sink capacity, and throttle control to be an independent separator. And already, his combination of quick releases, long-strider speed, and instincts can pressure defenses downfield."
You don't catch 153 balls in two years in the SEC if you can't get separation.
They're wrong, and that write up is a lovely work of fiction.
But I love hearing how I got it wrong from someone who doesn't even know what conference he played in.
Not sure he would last until pick number 89.
Probably needs to be drafted at number 57.
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Not sure he would last until pick number 89.
Probably needs to be drafted at number 57.
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I don't know all his issues but there are issues with him that the Giants might steer away from.
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Either Ocyrus Torrance or John Michael Schmidt
I'd take Bergeron over both.
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Not sure he would last until pick number 89.
Probably needs to be drafted at number 57.
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Do WRs from that conference succeed in the NFL in recent years?
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He'll be there at our pick in the third.
This is all nice and well and good, but the problem is he doesn't get separation.
He's a third round talent at best, but I wouldn't take him before the 4th.
The guys at Pro Football Network disagree with you.
"Few receivers are as long as Perry, yet he showcases impressive explosiveness, lateral agility, and suddenness as a route runner. His overall mix of physical tools is rare, and he compounds it with high-level natural receiving ability when the ball is in the air."
"His combination of route-running building blocks isn’t quite elite, as he can struggle to fully sink and execute sharp direction changes. But Perry has the necessary twitch, sink capacity, and throttle control to be an independent separator. And already, his combination of quick releases, long-strider speed, and instincts can pressure defenses downfield."
You don't catch 153 balls in two years in the SEC if you can't get separation.
They're wrong, and that write up is a lovely work of fiction.
But I love hearing how I got it wrong from someone who doesn't even know what conference he played in.
Yeah, that's what I get for typing after a long Saturday night. A stupid mistake, a brain fart.
But he caught a few more balls than Flowers in one less game, for just about the same average per catch. Is he Flowers quick. Hell no. But at more than 6-3 he presents different problems for CBs. Does he need to improve route running? Sure, just about every tall receiver does. But receivers in the ACC don't catch 81 balls if they can't get open. It will be interesting to see his 3 cone time compared to the smaller, lighter Addison's 7.06.
His draft reviews are carbon copies of Pickens' last year. We'll see where he goes next month.
I wouldn't put too much stock in alleged drops - he gets his hands on balls that pretty much nobody else does, combined with Hartman's penchant to throw high and there are some balls that he gets to but can't reel in that nobody else in this class would even get a finger on. Statistical drops are different than Evan Engram-style blatant drops.