Perriman throwing the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game, 2015
|
|||||||||
No. 18 Baltimore Ravens | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | September 10, 1993 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Lithonia, Georgia | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Lithonia (GA) Arabia Mountain | ||||||||
College: | Central Florida | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||
|
Receptions: | 33 |
---|---|
Receiving yards: | 499 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 3 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Breshad Perriman (born September 10, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Ravens in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCF.
Perriman attended Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, Georgia, where he played high school football for the Rams. As a junior, he had 27 catches for 512 yards and six touchdowns. As a senior, he had 13 catches for 301 yards and three touchdowns in only four games played. Arguably the top receiver in DeKalb County during his senior season, Perriman participated in the 2010 DeKalb County Coaches Association Senior All-Star Football Game and was the MVP of the Elite One Performance Football Camp. Perriman finished his high school career for new Class 5A Arabia Mountain in Lithonia, after playing for Lithonia's Martin Luther King and Conyers' Heritage high schools.
He was also a heralded youth track & field participant, routinely competing in USA Track and Field and Junior Olympic events across the country while growing up.
Perriman was rated by Rivals.com as a two-star recruit. He committed to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to play college football.
Perriman attended UCF from 2012 to 2014. In UCF's final conference game of 2014, against East Carolina, Perriman had a game winning 51-yard touchdown reception. which gave the Knights a share of the American Athletic Conference Championship.