Courtesy Michigan Athletics
Chris Perry (with ball) leads the Big Ten and the nation with 183 rushing yards per game.
Perry sets sights
on Michigan lists
against Oregon
Chris Perry heard Lloyd
Carr's suggestion of
transferring and instead ran
up Michigan’s career lists
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Fifty-four yards would surpass
Harlan Huckleby and put him at
No. 10 all-time.
If he mshes for 181 yards Saturday,
he will run by Lawrence Ricks and
take over the No. 9 spot.
And if tailback Chris Perry finds a
few holes in the Oregon defense Sat
urday and exploits the Ducks for 240
or more yards, the nation's leading
rusher would move to No. 8 on Michi
gan's career rushing yardage list.
An extra 1,662 yards during the rest
of the season would give him the top
spot all-time at Michigan.
The good news for the Wolverines
— and the bad news for Oregon — is
that it's possible.
"He is a tough kid," Michigan
teammate Dave Pearson said. "He
runs over people and it makes peo
ple miss."
As a freshman, Perry had 417 rush
ing yards and, as a sophomore, ran for
a similar 495 yards.
Then he was given an out.
"Now last year I tried to get Chris
to transfer, because he and I didn't
see eye to eye for a long time,"
Wolverine coach Lloyd Carr told the
Michigan Daily.
Perry took the challenge instead,
rushing for 1,110 yards as a junior and
for 549 yards in the first three games
of his senior season.
"He's developed into a complete
football player," Carr said. "He's smart
— he's very smart — he's competitive;
he's a big, strong guy with wonderful
feet, and I really like him."
But the winds have changed.
When Perry gained his 500th yard of
the season in the Wolverine's 38-0
whomping of Notre Dame, he joined
John Vaughn as the only ninning backs
in Michigan history to reach 500 yards
in the third game of the season.
Vaughn had 578 yards on 76 carries
in 1990.
Perry's 549 yards have come on 80
carries. He has seven rushing touch
downs this season and leads the na
tion in scoring with 48 points.
Saturday's victory over Notre Dame
also had a play Perry may not have
been as familiar with.
At the nine-minute mark of the sec
ond quarter, Perry caught a five-yard
pass from quarterback John Navarre
for the first receiving touchdown of
his college career. He has ten recep
tions on the 2003 season for 84 yards.
"Mr. Perry — I say that with great
reverence — does a great job," Ore
gon head coach Mike Bellotti said.
"He can move the pile; he can
bounce outside; he's a big, strong
physical back who can make a lot of
good things happen."
The All-America and Doak Walker
candidate has only four negative yards
this season, all coming in Michigan's
50-3 win against I louston on Sept. 6.
Perry ran for 184 yards and two
touchdowns in 27 carries in that game.
On Aug. 30, Michigan's home
opener against Central Michigan,
Perry had 22 carries in the Wolver
ines' 45-7 victory. He scored two
touchdowns and gained 232 total
yards for a career-best and Michigan
opener record.
To complete the equation, the sen
ior rushed for 133 yards in 31 carries
against Notre Dame. He also tied a ca
reer-best with four touchdowns.
Perry scores a lot of points, but for a
team averaging more than 44 points
per game, his Big Ten and nation
leading 16 points per game is only a
part of the Michigan puzzle.
Back at the Michigan career lists,
the Advance, N.C., native is seventh in
career attempts with 553. His 2,571
career yards are 53 shy of the top 10
and he is tied for eighth with 28 rush
ing touchdowns.
"He is a humble guy," Pearson said.
"He is doing a great job of being pa
tient and letting the holes open up.
When there is not a hole there he is
making the right decisions."
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
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