Eastern Michigan Athletics
2005 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Jereme Perry
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Saginaw, Mich.
- High School:
- Buena Vista
PERSONAL: Full Name: Jereme Jovon Perry...Son of James and Earnestine Perry...Born 12-15-81...Psychology major...Has two brothers, James and Jermanne, and one sister, Avis...Brother, James, played football at Tuskegee University...EMU: Has earned three letters while playing in 32 games, starting twice, over the past five years...Lettered as a true freshman in 2000, playing all 11 games on special teams...Played the first two games in 2001 before being sidelined with a lacerated spleen...Received a medical hardship for the 2001 season...Also missed the 2002 season while recuperating from the injured spleen, but came back to play in the 2003 spring drills and was named EMU’s Most Improved Defensive Back in the spring...2004: Sat out the first four games of the season before returning to play in the final seven, starting twice...Recorded 30 tackles on the year...Singled out by the coaching staff as the Special Teams Player of the Week for the Ball State (Oct. 9) game...Also selected for Championship Special Teams’ effort against Ball State, Bowling Green (Oct. 30) and Central Michigan (Nov. 6)...Turned in two forced fumbles on the year, both against Kent State (Nov. 13)...2003: Played all 12 games and finished seventh on the team in tackles with 49...Also had three passes broken up...Named Defensive Player of the Week for the Bowling Green (Oct. 18) game...2002: Missed the entire year recuperating from a rupered spleen injury...2001: Played in the first two games before suffering an injured spleen and missed the rest of the year...2000: Earned a varsity letter after playing in all 11 games...One of only six true freshmen to play ...HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Buena Vista in Saginaw...Three-year letterwinner in football and four-year track letterman... Earned All-Area honors in football his final two seasons...Named the team’s Best Back and also winner of the African-American Athletic Award in his final two seasons...Has the school record for longest rush from scrimmage of 97 yards...Ranks in the top three in career rushing (2,693 yards), and is second in single-season interceptions (6)...Senior Year: Started on both sides of the football, at tailback on offense and at defensive back...Captain of the football squad...Rushed for 983 yards and also caught 26 passes for 320 yards...Turned in 46 tackles and six interceptions on defense...Named All-Area in football...Finished third in the 100 meters at the state track meet...Captain of the track team..Junior Year: Started at tailback on offense and also saw regular action at defensive back in several games...Rushed for 1,712 yards on offense, the second-best total in school history...Recorded 43 tackles on defense...Named All-Area in football...Finished fifth in the 100-meters in the state meet and was also a state qualifer in the 200-meters...Had the fastest 100-meter time of :10.7...Captain of the track team... Sophomore Year: Started at cornerback and free safety and recorded 36 tackles with two interceptions... Ran a leg of the 4x100-meter relay team in the state track meet.
