As you may know by now, Alex Perry was “burned” by one of the Colorado reporters earlier this year who misquoted Perry saying that he was committed to the Buffaloes. This is why the defensive back hasn’t been granting any interviews. Perry by nature is also a low key guy so that plays into this too.
I was, however, fortunate that his father. Dr. Archie Perry, took the time to talk to me this morning after performing surgeries all night no less, about that in-home visit and the recruiting process in general.
“Del came over to practice and then came to our house and we talked,” Dr. Perry said. “He was very candid about the personnel and coaching and was very informative about the season. I gave him my impression of the season and he gave me his impression and his thoughts about next year. Del is a good guy and this was a good conversation.
“Honestly we don’t have to have Del sell us on ASU. From my perspective, it’s multi-factorial aside from football, when you decide which school to go to. Football is one piece of the puzzle but in terms of football, it’s a matter of getting on the field. We’re not convinced that going somewhere where you won’t see the field early is the best case scenario. With the situation at Arizona State and Alex’s skill set he has a good chance getting on the field early.”
At this time the timetable for the defensive back’s decision is unclear. The defensive back’s focus right now is the Nevada state title game versus Liberty on Saturday. Two schools that are likely candidates for official visits are ASU and Colorado.
“We haven’t set up any official visits,” Dr. Perry stated, “and we haven’t taken any official visits to date. There have been other schools that have resurfaced and ultimately I will leave it up to Alex if he wants those to be known. We’ll address all of that after the dust settles from the state championship game.”
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My take is that the opportunity to play his older brother Armand trumps all other schools competing for his services and that ASU for a while as well as we speak right now is still in a good, if not an excellent position to land Alex Perry.
Don’t be surprised if Perry’s recruiting process continues to be a very quiet one, again which is just a reflection of his personality and certainly, cannot be interpreted as bad news for ASU. He could commit this month or next and take no official visits to any other schools. He could take all five official visits and regardless of where ASU is slotted in those visits, they still could be the school of choice.
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