Player Dossier

2016-2021

Southern Miss

Josh Perry

DB • 6'2" • 200 lbs • Amite, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Josh Perry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Memphis • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Josh Perry built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Amite, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Memphis and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Josh Perry's career was his defensive...

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Josh Perry, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis. Josh Perry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Josh Perry quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · DB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 33 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Houston
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DB 745th (top 81%) · Conference USA 438th (top 66%) · National 3,928th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis12-0--041.7
2017 PostseasonMemphis104-0--037
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis103310-3037
2018 PostseasonMemphis137-0--042
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis135610-5042
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis12-0--041.4
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss613-01-012.6
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss23-0--038.6

Related Context

Josh Perry played DB for Memphis and Southern Miss. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josh Perry recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Memphis paired 6 primary output with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Memphis, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 11/27vs Florida InternationalW 37-1711000
Sat 9/25@ AlabamaL 14-6321000

Player Story

Josh Perry story

Josh Perry built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Amite, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Memphis and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Josh Perry's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Perry's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Memphis

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Southern Miss

    2020-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis08.32
2017 PostseasonMemphis521.445
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis521.440
2018 PostseasonMemphis624.83.91
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis624.83.90
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis08.31.9-6
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss110.72.11
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss06.31.2-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 13 · W 52-31 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulane

Week 9 · W 56-26 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 3 · L 30-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 12 · W 28-18 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#5

vs UConn

Week 6 · W 55-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Memphis

6 primary output · 24.8 efficiency · 3.9 usage

42

#2

2018 Regular Season · Memphis

42

6 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Memphis

41.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games