The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE PERSONAL Grant Anthony Perry was born Feb. 8, 1997, in Ann Arbor … Uncle, Will For- rest, attended the University of Michi- gan Law School … Will rejoin his high school quarterback and classmate, Alex Malzone … Will be the 22nd War- rior from Brother Rice to play football at U-M. RANKINGS Consensus rating of the four major recruiting services: three-star prospect, the No. 94 wide receiver nationally and the No. 11 player in Michigan. STATISTICS Career Totals: Played three years of varsity football, helping Brother Rice to Division II state titles in 2012 and 2013 … Appeared in 42 total games, catch- ing 176 passes for 2,771 yards (15.7 yards per catch) and 27 touchdowns … His 176 receptions rank fifth in Michi- gan high school history, while his 2,771 receiving yards rank seventh and his 27 TD catches rank 16th … Playing de- fensive back, added 53 total tackles, an interception, five passes broken up, three forced fumbles and a blocked punt … Returned 22 kickoffs for 461 GRANT PERRY WIDE RECEIVER 6-0 • 185 BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ — 80 12 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 128 9 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 109 12 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 59 11 to be a Wolverine, and I'm so very happy for him that it came to fruition. It doesn't always happen like that." Perry officially became a Wolver- ine Feb. 4 when he signed his Na- tional Letter of Intent and faxed it in to Schembechler Hall. He's now just months away from putting on that winged helmet and trying to take the next step to get on the field. His high school coach believes Perry's dream is just beginning. "I don't think anyone ever out- worked Grant in my 15 years of being at Brother Rice," Sofran said. "He's an extremely hard worker and does what he needs to do to be prepared physically. He's just a hungry kid that is going to work for everything which is better than the All-American, five- star who thinks everything should be handed to him. He's going to do everything he can to get on the field and show people that he belongs." Perry himself knows that going from Brother Rice to Michigan is not going to be easy, but he's doing ev- erything in his power to be prepared. "Going into college is going to be a huge transition and I'm aware of that," he said. "Balancing school and athletics is going to be a lot of work. I'm going to try and prepare myself mentally the best I can so that I can be ready." — Brandon Brown