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Texans claim former Jaguars QB E.J. Perry off waivers

Former Jaguars QB E.J. Perry landed on another AFC South roster Wednesday.

A day after the Jacksonville Jaguars parted with E.J. Perry, the 25-year-old quarterback was scooped up off waivers by the Houston Texans.

Perry signed with the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent after the 2022 NFL Draft and spent his entire rookie season on the team’s practice squad. Prior to his NFL career, Perry played one season at Boston College before transferring to Brown where he was a two-time All-Ivy League selection.

Perry appeared in two preseason games with the Jaguars and completed 25 of his 48 passes for 293 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.

In January, the Jaguars added former Canadian Football League quarterback Nathan Rourke, and then the team re-signed C.J. Beathard in February.

In Houston, Perry joins a roster that currently has Davis Mills, Jeff Driskell, and Kyle Allen at quarterback, although Allen is due to become a free agent next week. The Texans also own the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft and are widely expected to target a passer.

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Jaguars waive QB E.J. Perry after year on practice squad

The Jaguars parted with quarterback E.J. Perry, who signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in 2022.

The Jacksonville Jaguars waived quarterback E.J. Perry on Tuesday, a little over a month after keeping him with a reserve/future contract in January.

Perry, 24, was a two-time All-Ivy League selection at Brown and joined the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent following the 2022 NFL Draft. Perry was cut by the team at the end of August and was added to the practice squad where he spent the entire 2022 season.

In February, the Jaguars re-signed backup quarterback C.J. Beathard and the team added to its depth chart in January by adding former Canadian Football League star Nathan Rourke. While the latter is recovering from a minor foot surgery, Jacksonville evidently feels good enough about its trio of passers to part with Perry.

In the 2022 preseason, Perry completed 25 of his 48 passes for 293 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. In two seasons as the starting quarterback at Brown, Perry had 45 touchdowns with 27 interceptions.

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Jaguars re-sign backup quarterback C.J. Beathard

The Jaguars’ backup quarterback and ping-pong king is staying in Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Jaguars re-signed C.J. Beathard on Friday, less than three weeks before he was set to become a free agent. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, it’s a two-year extension for the Jaguars backup quarterback.

Beathard, 29, began his career with the San Francisco 49ers as a third-round draft pick and started 12 games over four seasons with the team. The Jaguars signed Beathard in March 2021, one month before selecting Trevor Lawrence with the first overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft.

In his two seasons with the Jaguars, Beathard has never started a game and has only thrown 13 total passes.

While Beathard didn’t contribute much on the field, he is unanimously considered to be the toughest to beat on the locker room ping-pong table.

The return of Beathard in 2023 sets up a battle for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart behind Lawrence. In January, the Jaguars signed Canadian Football League star Nathan Rourke after the former BC Lions quarterback reportedly made a tour of 12 interested NFL teams.

Jacksonville also had undrafted free agent E.J. Perry on the practice squad all season and kept him with a futures contract.

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Report: Patriots to meet with WR Slade Bolden, QB E.J. Perry ahead of draft

The Patriots are looking into to players that may fall in the later rounds of the draft.

The New England Patriots are set to meet with Alabama receiver Slade Bolden and Brown quarterback E.J. Perry this week, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss and NFL insider Jordan Schultz.

Perry, who profiles as a career-long backup and will likely go in the later rounds, completed 66.5% of his passes of 3,034 passing yards, 23 touchdowns and 14 interceptions during his final season at Brown. He’s from Andover, Mass. and grew up a Patriots fans.

New England and Bolden met at the NFL combine. He profiles as a potential undrafted free agent after logging 42 catches for 408 yards and three touchdowns in his final college season. Former Patriots and current Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien recently said he used Bolden much like he used Wes Welker in New England. That bodes well for Bolden as a potential fit — especially when considering Bolden roomed with quarterback Mac Jones at Alabama.

New England has Mac Jones, Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham at quarterback. The Patriots have DeVante Parker, Kendrick Bourne, Jakoki Meyers (a tendered restricted free agent), Nelson Agholor and N’Keal Harry, among others, at recevier.

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QB prospect EJ Perry trains with Mac Jones, Jarrett Stidham ahead of NFL draft

The local quarterback prospect made some noise in the NFL Combine.

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Brown University’s EJ Perry was one of the surprise quarterbacks in the NFL Combine.

Perry is a local prospect who went to Andover High School and he’s coming off a season where he threw for 3,034 yards, 23 touchdowns and 14 interceptions at Brown. The most intriguing aspect of Perry’s potential is his athleticism — which is far above any quarterback prospect in this year’s draft.

“Athleticism scores for the 2022 quarterback class are official. Brown University’s EJ Perry earned the highest athleticism score among this year’s QB class (89), followed by Desmond Ridder (82) and Kenny Pickett (79),” Next Gen Stats tweeted.

According to Ben Volin of The Boston Globe, Perry has been working with New England Patriots quarterbacks Mac Jones and Jarrett Stidham ahead of the draft.

“His uncle, John Perry, coached for the Texans from 2014-20, and has been helping with his NFL connections,” Volin wrote. “Perry has been working out with the (New England) Patriots’ Mac Jones and Jarrett Stidham at Edge Performance Systems in Foxborough. And he has connected a few times with 17-year NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who was present at Tuesday’s Pro Day.”

Mark Daniels of The Providence Journal tweeted on Tuesday that the Patriots were present at Perry’s Pro Day.

Here’s the visual of Perry’s athleticism score.

Perry’s family ties and NFL connections will lead to exposure that typically isn’t there for smaller schools entering the draft.

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