2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 9
Alex Perry
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Port Charlotte, Fla.
- High School:
- Port Charlotte
- Prev School:
- FIU
2026 Senior
- Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining
2025 Junior (FIU)
- All-CUSA First Team
- Phil Steele All-CUSA First Team
- Started all 13 games at wide receiver
- 56 receptions for 840 yards and nine touchdowns on the season
- Led the team in receptions (56), receiving yards (840), and receiving touchdowns (9)
- 100-yard receiving performances in back-to-back games against Jacksonville State (11/22/25) and at Sam Houston (11/29/25)
- Career-high 140 receiving yards against Sam Houston (11/29/25)
- Career-high eight receptions against Liberty (11/15/25)
- Two-touchdown games against Middle Tennessee (11/8/25) and Sam Houston (11/29/25)
- Ended the regular season with touchdowns in five straight games
- Averaged 102 receiving yards per game and scored six touchdowns over the last four games of the regular season
2024 Sophomore (Hawaii)
- Played in all 12 games with seven starts at wide receiver
- 22 receptions for 195 yards on the season
- Season-high six receptions for 57 yards against Boise State (9/7/24)
2023 Redshirt Freshman (Hawaii)
- Played in 12 games with six starts at wide receiver
- 24 receptions for 277 yards and three touchdowns on the season
- Season-high five receptions for 48 yards against New Mexico (10/21/23)
- Scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard catch at Oregon
2022 Freshman (Hawaii)
- Played in one game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports
- Rated as the #188 wide receiver recruit in the nation by 247Sports
- A first-team all-area wide receiver
- 28 receptions for 658 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior
- 2021 Sun Preps Boys Athlete of the Year
- Also a basketball standout and was named the 5A Player of the Year
- Broke the Port Charlotte record for points in a game with 49 during senior night of the 2021-22 season
- Averaged 18.8 points and 8.3 rebounds as a junior
- Helped the Port Charlotte basketball team win three district championships
Personal
- Son of Alissa Perry
- Has two brothers and two sisters
- Majored in communication arts at FIU
- Engaged to his fiancée in May 2026
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