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#39 Travis Perry

Height 6-3
Weight 207 lbs.
Class Fr.
Hometown Urbandale, Iowa
High School Urbandale
Travis Perry - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

Hawk Item – – Suffered lower leg injury at Minnesota and missed final three games of the regular season in 2014 . . . one of 13 seniors named to 2015 Leadership Group.

2015 Honors – – “Extra Heartbeat” Award, special teams . . . academic All-Big Ten . . . 2015 – – Saw action in all 14 games . . . saw action at linebacker in 31-14 win over Illinois State, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed 35 net rushing yards and 231 yards total offense . . . saw action in 31-17 win at Iowa State, but had no statistics as defense allowed no points and just 66 yards total offense in the second half . . . saw action in 27-24 win over Pitt, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 55 net rushing yards and 282 yards total offense . . . saw action in 62-16 win over North Texas, recording one solo tackle and one assist . . . saw action in 10-6 win at Wisconsin, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed no touchdowns and just 320 yards total offense . . . saw action in 29-20 win over Illinois, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 46 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 40-10 win at Northwestern, recording two solo tackles defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 198 yards total offense . . . saw action in 31-15 win over Maryland, recording two assisted tackles . . . saw action in 35-27 win at Indiana, recording one solo tackle and one assist . . . saw action in 40-353 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 40-20 win over Purdue, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 28-20 win at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 16-13 loss to Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford, recording one assisted tackle.

2014 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten for third straight year . . . Reggie Roby Special Teams Award, overall . . . 2014 – – Saw action in 10 games, with two starts . . . collected 19 tackles (eight solo stops, 11 assists) . . . also had 1.5 tackles for loss and one QB sack . . . saw action in 31-23 win over Northern Iowa, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 17-13 win over Ball State, but had no statistics as defense allowed just two field goals and 219 yards total offense . . . saw action in 20-17 loss to Iowa State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-20 win at Pittsburgh as defense allowed just three points in the second half . . . collected career-best five tackles at Pitt, including two solo tackles and three assists . . . saw action in 24-10 win at Purdue, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 156 yards total offense . . . saw action in 45-29 win over Indiana, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 38-31 loss at Maryland, recording one assisted tackle . . . started at weakside linebacker in 48-7 win over Northwestern as defense allowed just 180 yards total offense . . . matched career-high with five tackles vs. Northwestern, including two solo tackles and three assists . . . also recorded first career sack . . . started at weakside linebacker in 51-14 loss at Minnesota . . . recorded career-best six tackles at Minnesota, including four solo tackles and two assists, along with a shared tackle for loss . . . injured late in the Minnesota game and missed final three regular season games . . . returned to see limited action on special teams in TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee, but had no statistics.

2013 honors – – Team Hustle Award, Special Teams . . . Academic All-Big Ten for second straight year . . . 2013 – – Saw action in all 13 games, recording five solo tackles and five assists . . . saw action in 30-27 opening loss to Northern Illinois, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 28-14 win over Missouri State, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 197 yards total offense . . . saw action in 27-21 win at Iowa State, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 59 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 59-3 win over Western Michigan, recording career-best three assisted tackles as defense allowed just 209 yards total offense . . . saw action in 23-7 win at Minnesota, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 165 yards total offense and 30 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 26-14 loss to Michigan State, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 34-24 loss at Ohio State, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 17-10 OT win over Northwestern, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 28-9 loss to Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 38-14 win at Purdue, recording career-best two solo tackles as defense allowed just 53 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 24-21 win over Michigan, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 60 net rushing yards and 158 yards total offense . . . saw action in 38-17 win at Nebraska, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 89 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 21-14 Outback Bowl loss to LSU, recording one solo tackle.

2012 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2012 – – Saw action in 11 games, including one start . . . recorded two solo tackles and two assists . . . saw first action of career on specal teams in 18-17 win over Northern Illinois, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 9-6 loss to Iowa State, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 27-16 win over Northern Iowa, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 32-31 loss to Central Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-13 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 19-16 win at Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 38-14 loss to Penn State, recording one assisted tackle for first career tackle . . . saw action in 28-17 loss at Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-21 loss at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 27-24 loss to Purdue, recording one solo tackle . . . started for the first time in his career at outside linebacker in 42-17 loss at Michigan, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 13-7 loss to Nebraska, recording one assisted tackle.

2011 – – Redshirted after joining the team as a walk-on.

High school honors – – Earned first team all-state honors as a senior and third team honors as a junior . . . named first team all-conference as a junior and sophomore after being named honorable mention as a freshman . . . Career – – Earned four letters in football as defensive back and wide receiver, helping team advance to state playoffs as a junior and senior . . . team captain as a junior and senior . . . missed first half of senior season due to injury before rushing 47 times for 182 yards and three touchdowns . . . had 13 receptions for 123 yards and two scores . . . on defense recorded 60 tackles . . . had 24 receptions for 333 yards and four touchdowns as a junior, along with 64 tackles and two interceptions on defense . . . had four punt returns for 88 yards as a senior and 13 punt returns for 133 yards as a junior . . . recorded 47 tackles and two interceptions as a sophomore . . . also earned four letters in basketball, earning first team all-conference and second team all-state recognition.

Personal – – Born 7/01/92 . . . communications studies major . . . earned academic all-conference honors . . . four-year member of prep Honor Roll and member of National Honor Society . . . parents are Jean and Russ Perry . . . one of two players from Urbandale on the Iowa roster . . . high school coach was Sam Anderson.