2017 Football Roster
Roster
EJ Perry
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Andover, Mass.
- High School:
- Andover HS
PERRY’S CAREER HIGHS
Attempts: 21 vs. Clemson, 11/10/18
Completions: 12 vs. Clemson, 11/10/18
Yards: 98 vs. Clemson, 11/10/18
Long Pass: 33 vs. Holy Cross, 9/8/18
Rushes: 12 vs. Clemson, 11/10/18
Rush yards: 37 vs. Holy Cross, 9/8/18
Long rush: 24 vs. Holy Cross, 9/8/18
2018 (SOPHOMORE): No. 2 quarterback who played in five games ... completed 69.2 percent of his passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns ... played the third quarter of BC’s season-opening win against UMass (9/1/18)... completed all four pass attempts for 36 yards and added two rushes for 23 yards, including a 15-yard run... entered in the first quarter and took the majority of the snaps on 9-for-12 passing, 95 yards and two scores vs. Holy Cross (9/8/18)... hooked up with Ben Glines on a 17-yard TD pass for the first of his career against HC... ran the ball four times for 37 yards, including a 24-yard scamper vs. the Crusaders... played the final series at Purdue (9/22/18) and was 2-for-2 through the air for 48 yards and rushed twice for three yards, including a one-yard TD run... entered for the Eagles’ second offensive possession and played the duration; going 12-for-21 for 98 yards in the air and adding seven rushing yards against No. 2 Clemson (11/10/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN): No. 2 quarterback on the depth chart after the season-ending injury to Anthony Brown following the NC State game … made his collegiate debut in the 39-16 victory at Fenway Park against UConn (Nov. 18) … enrolled in January of 2017 and participated in spring practice prior to the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at quarterback for his father, head coach E.J. Perry III at Andover High School … two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection and three-time Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star … tied the Massachusetts state record for single-season touchdown passes with 47 as a senior (BC’s Troy Flutie shares the record) … accounted for eight touchdowns (five passing, three rushing) in a 54-48 playoff win over Lexington as a senior … Boston Globe Division 1 Player of the Year as a senior … Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection as a junior … tossed seven touchdowns in his final high school game in a 49-20 win over North Andover … SuiteSports MIAA all-state first team quarterback as a senior … named SuiteSports MIAA Offensive Player of the Year his senior season … led a Golden Warriors’ offense that averaged 42 points per game his senior campaign ... 114 career touchdown passes rank second in state history … career total of 8,712 passing yards are second all-time in state history … threw for 3,398 yards and 47 touchdowns as a senior … added 1,006 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground as he led his team to the Division 1 North sectional final … finished his junior year with 2,852 passing yards (189-for-337 passing) with 34 touchdowns … as a junior for a state-record 636 yards and four touchdowns in the playoffs against Central Catholic … earned ESPN Boston all-state accolades his junior season.
PERSONAL: Ernest Joseph Perry IV ... son of Ernest and Kathleen Perry ... a computer science major enrolled in the Carroll School of Management ... one of three children in the Perry family ... recipient of the Hughes Family Athletic Scholarship.
