Charles Perkins
DL · Graduate
6'2" · 333 lbs · Defense
Background
- Hometown
- Memphis, Tenn.
- High school
- Memphis Academy of Health Sciences
- Previous school
- UT-Martin
Recruiting
- Rating
- Unrated
- Class
- 2022
2026 season
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Season by season
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Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American, First Team All-Big South-OVC
2023tap to read
FCS Football Central Freshman All-American, Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American, Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American second team 2025 Season (Redshirt junior): Played in eight games this season on the Badgers’ defensive line … played 73 defensive snaps … finished with six tackles and 2.0 TFLs … made first tackle as a Badger at Oregon (Oct. 25) … had a breakout game vs. Indiana where he finished with four tackles and 2.0 TFLs (Nov. 15) 2024 (Redshirt sophomore at UT-Martin) Played in 14 games … earned First Team All-Big South-OVC honors … made 40 tackles and registered 19 pressures … notched 2.5 sacks, including 1.5 against Missouri State (Sept. 21) … finished with 9.0 TFLs, recording TFLs in seven-straight games during the middle of the season … recovered a fumble versus North Alabama (Sept. 14) … forced a fumble and logged a sack versus Lindenwood (Nov. 23) 2023 (Redshirt freshman at UT-Martin) Tabbed consensus FCS Freshman All-America … named FCS Football Central Freshman All-American … named Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American … named Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American second team … played in 10 games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line … helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship … compiled 24 total tackles, including 11 solos and 13 assists … notched 4.0 tackles for loss totaling 28 yards … recorded 4.0 sacks – including sacks against Houston Christian (Sept. 16), Eastern Illinois (Oct. 7), Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28), Tennessee Tech (Nov. 4) and Samford (Nov. 18) … posted a season-high six tackles against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28) and Samford (Nov. 18) … tallied a quarterback hurry against Charleston Southern (Oct. 21) 2022 (Freshman at UT-Martin) Redshirted … played in two games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line … saw action against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1) and Houston Christian (Oct. 29) High School Joins the Skyhawks from Memphis Academy of Health Sciences where he played for head coach Cedric Miller Led Memphis with 15.5 sacks as a senior Helped team to 2A-Region 8 district championship and best record in school history with a 9-1 mark as a senior Named to all-region first team Posted a big week against Melrose, recovering three fumbles and returning two for touchdowns of 43 and 32 yards, respectively, while also tallying four tackles for loss to earn Daily Memphian High School Player of the Week honors Ranked as a top-three senior breakthrough performer by Prep Redzone Invited to play in Tennessee East vs. West All-Star Classic Represented the Red team during the 19 th annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game in December 2021 Named to TnFCA Class 2A all-state team. Son of Charles Hall and Connie Perkins
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Honors and Awards
2024: Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American, First Team All-Big South-OVC
2023: FCS Football Central Freshman All-American, Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American, Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American second team
2025 Season (Redshirt junior): Played in eight games this season on the Badgers’ defensive line … played 73 defensive snaps … finished with six tackles and 2.0 TFLs … made first tackle as a Badger at Oregon (Oct. 25) … had a breakout game vs. Indiana where he finished with four tackles and 2.0 TFLs (Nov. 15)
2024 (Redshirt sophomore at UT-Martin) Played in 14 games … earned First Team All-Big South-OVC honors … made 40 tackles and registered 19 pressures … notched 2.5 sacks, including 1.5 against Missouri State (Sept. 21) … finished with 9.0 TFLs, recording TFLs in seven-straight games during the middle of the season … recovered a fumble versus North Alabama (Sept. 14) … forced a fumble and logged a sack versus Lindenwood (Nov. 23)
2023 (Redshirt freshman at UT-Martin) Tabbed consensus FCS Freshman All-America … named FCS Football Central Freshman All-American … named Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American … named Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American second team … played in 10 games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line … helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship … compiled 24 total tackles, including 11 solos and 13 assists … notched 4.0 tackles for loss totaling 28 yards … recorded 4.0 sacks – including sacks against Houston Christian (Sept. 16), Eastern Illinois (Oct. 7), Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28), Tennessee Tech (Nov. 4) and Samford (Nov. 18) … posted a season-high six tackles against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 28) and Samford (Nov. 18) … tallied a quarterback hurry against Charleston Southern (Oct. 21)
2022 (Freshman at UT-Martin) Redshirted … played in two games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line … saw action against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1) and Houston Christian (Oct. 29)
High School
Joins the Skyhawks from Memphis Academy of Health Sciences where he played for head coach Cedric Miller
Led Memphis with 15.5 sacks as a senior
Helped team to 2A-Region 8 district championship and best record in school history with a 9-1 mark as a senior
Named to all-region first team
Posted a big week against Melrose, recovering three fumbles and returning two for touchdowns of 43 and 32 yards, respectively, while also tallying four tackles for loss to earn Daily Memphian High School Player of the Week honors
Ranked as a top-three senior breakthrough performer by Prep Redzone
Invited to play in Tennessee East vs. West All-Star Classic
Represented the Red team during the 19 th annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game in December 2021
Named to TnFCA Class 2A all-state team.
Son of Charles Hall and Connie Perkins