UCF felt like home to Perriman
There will some NFL bloodlines on UCF's sideline this upcoming season. Lithonia (Ga.) Arabia Mountain wide receiver Breshad Perriman, the son of 10-year league veteran Brett Perriman, recently signed a scholarship to play for the Knights.
The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder visited during the final weekend of Jan. 28 and committed at the conclusion of the trip.
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"UCF is a very good school with a very good academic program," Perriman said. "The football program is excellent. The coaches are great. I bonded better with those coaches than any other staff. That's why they stood out."
Perriman was hosted by safety Clayton Geathers and said he also hung out a lot with Jeffrey Godfrey and Joshua Reese.
"I liked everything about UCF," Perriman said. "The facilities and campus is very nice. The school doesn't have any flaws."
Favorite part of the visit?
"When we walked on the field," Perriman said. "It felt good. It felt like a new beginning for me."
UCF assistant head coach David Kelly, his future position coach, recruited him.
"He makes me feel like family when I'm with him," Perriman said. "We have a good, strong bond."
Head coach George O'Leary also made an impression.
"He's real cool," Perriman said. "He's a funny guy. He really stresses academics in his football program."
Perriman hopes to make an immediate impact.
"Coach Kelly talked to all the wide receivers as a group and said there's a lot of people graduating, so there would be a strong opportunity, if we committed, for everyone to play but we have to earn it," Perriman said.
What did UCF like about him as a receiver?
"They said it was multiple things," Perriman said. "Like, I can go up and get the ball and I can make yards after the catch."
Perriman's senior season was cut short after suffering a broken leg, but he's already good to go.
"I'm already healed and 100 percent," Perriman said. "I'm running and lifting weights, all that."
Perriman, who was also recruited by Miami, Florida State and FIU, says he's thinking about majoring in business management.
"I just want to go out there and do good my freshman year," he said. "I want to do well academically, have a good college career and hopefully get a chance to play in the NFL."