Career Summary: A storied career not only at Wake Forest but in the entire ACC and national landscape that included a program record 28 touchdowns which also is tied for seventh in ACC history…Holds the program record with 15 touchdown receptions during the 2021 season…Tied the program record with 12 100-yard receiving games…Only player in program history to have two double-digit touchdown seasons, doing so during the 2021 and 2022 seasons…Only player in program history to have two 1,000-yard seasons, doing so during the 2021 and 2022 seasons…Totaled 2,662 receiving yards which ranks third in school history…Ranks sixth in program history with 171 career catches.
Honors: 2023 East-West Shrine Game Invitee, 2022 Phil Steele All-America Honorable Mention, 2022 All-ACC First Team, 2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, 2022 Maxwell Award Watch List, 2022 Preseason Phil Steele Second All-America, 2022 Preseason Phil Steele First Team All-ACC, 2022 Preseason Athlon First Team All-ACC, 2022 Preseason Lindy's First Team All-ACC, 2021 Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist, 2021 All-ACC First Team, ACC Receiver of the Week (Oct. 11, 2021 and Sept. 12, 2022)
2022: Garnered Phil Steele All-America Honorable Mention while also earning All-ACC First Team for the second-consecutive season…Named to the Maxwell Watch List and Biletnikoff Award Watch List…Posted a career-best 81 receptions during his historic 2022 campaign while finishing with 1,096 receiving yards, the first player in program history to have multiple 1,000-yard receiving seasons…His 81 catches is tied for the fourth most in school history and is the most since Tied Ricky Proehl's (1986-89) previous program record of 25 receiving touchdowns in the first quarter against Syracuse before rewriting the record book with 5:07 remaining in the first half on a 29-yard touchdown pass from Sam Hartman. Perry snagged another touchdown grab late in the first half to give Wake Forest a 24-21 lead. His three touchdown receptions tied his career high and was the most of his historic 2022 season…Had 10 or more catches three times during the season including 11 catches for 116 yards in the Gasparilla Bowl victory over Missouri…Recorded at least one touchdown reception in nine of 13 games during the season…Tallied a career-best 159 yards and a career-best 12 catches against NC State…Caught five passes for 142 yards with a 68-yard touchdown against Vanderbilt...2022 Preseason Phil Steele Second All-America…2022 Preseason Phil Steele First Team All-ACC…2022 Preseason Athlon First Team All-ACC…2022 Preseason Lindy's First Team All-ACC.
2021: Biletnikoff Semifinalist…First Team All-ACC…Set the single-season record with 15 touchdown receptions, three more than any other play in the program's history. Additionally, the total was tied for the fifth most in ACC history and the third highest total since 1997…Ended the year as just the ninth player in Wake Forest history to cross over the 1,000-yard barrier, tallying 1,293 receiving yards, ranking second and just 37 yards shy of the program record…Along with Jaquarii Roberson, the duo are the second pair of Wake Forest receivers to both go over 1,000 yards in the same season (2019: Sage Surratt, Kendall Hinton)...Found the endzone in 11 of the 14 games while having 100-plus yards in seven contests…Most memorable moment of the season came at Syracuse when all three of Perry's catches (137 receiving yards) went for touchdowns including the game winner in overtime to secure a 40-37 win for the Deacs and a 6-0 start to the season and earned him ACC Receiver of the Week …Tallied a career-best 155 yards on seven receptions and a touchdown in a win over Florida State…Had five receptions of 50-plus yards over the course of the season.
2020: Appeared in six games, catching 15 passes for 211 yards ... Hauled in first touchdown of the season vs Virginia (10/17) ... Caught a career-best five passes for a career-high 81 yards against Campbell (10/2) ... Reeled in four receptions at NC State (9/19) ... Earned his second varsity letter.
2019: Played in nine games and finished the campaign with four receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown ... Broke out with three receptions for 34 yards and a touchdown against Elon (9/21) ... Tallied first receiving touchdown on a 17-yard completion from Michael Kern ... Also saw action on special teams ... Caught a season-long 28-yarder for a first down vs. Michigan State (12/27) ... On field for 150 plays with a season-high 37 in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl vs. Michigan State ... Received his first varsity letter.
2018: Redshirted ... Top receiver in the 2019 spring game with six catches for 112 yards and a 72-yard touchdown catch and run.
High School: Team captain ... A three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN ... Played for Coach Brian Dodds ... Rated the No. 18 player on the Palm Beach Post's Big Board as a senior ... No. 17 on the Sun-Sentinel's list of top players in Palm Beach County ... Named to Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-District team ... Earned all-area, all-conference and all-county honors ... Named all-county in basketball as well ... Won the county track long jump championship ... Helped lead the Cobras to the state playoffs where they upset No. 1 seed Miramar in the first round ... Had a pair of touchdown catches against Miramar ... Snagged a pair of touchdown receptions against Palm Beach Gardens including an 80-yarder ... Also saw action as a defensive back ... During junior year earned all-area honorable mention as a junior as the Cobras posted a 10-0 regular season ... Named team MVP.
