Jeffrey Persi

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
OL
Height:
6-8
Weight:
310
Hometown:
Mission Viejo, Calif.
High School:
JSerra Catholic

At Michigan
• Part of a Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line (2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2021-22, 2024)
• Four-time letter winner (2021-22-23-24)
• Appeared in 38 games including 14 on the offensive line with three starts at left tackle

Graduate Student (2024)
• Appeared in 10 games with two starts along the offensive line to earn his fourth varsity letter
• Contributed on special teams against Fresno State (Aug. 31), Texas (Sept. 7), USC (Sept. 21), Michigan State (Oct. 26), Oregon (Nov. 2)
• Played at guard and contributed on special teams against Arkansas State (Sept. 14)
• Played at left tackle and contributed on special teams against Minnesota (Sept. 28)
• Started at left tackle at Washington (Oct. 5), at Illinois (Oct. 19)
• Played as the sixth lineman and contributed on special teams against Michigan State (Oct. 26), at Ohio State (Nov. 30)

Senior (2023)
• Appeared in all 15 games on special teams including five on the offensive line (four at tackle, six at guard) to earn his third varsity letter
• Contributed on special teams against ECU (Sept. 2), UNLV (Sept. 9), Bowling Green (Sept. 16), Rutgers (Sept. 23), Ohio State (Nov. 25), at Penn State (Nov. 11), at Maryland (Nov. 18), against Alabama in the Rose Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Jan. 1), against Washington in the CFP National Championship Game (Jan. 8)
• Played right tackle and also contributed on special teams at Nebraska (Sept. 30)
• Played snaps at right guard and contributed on special teams against Indiana (Oct. 14), Purdue (Nov. 4), at Minnesota (Oct. 7), at Michigan State (Oct. 21), against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship (Dec. 2)

Junior (2022)
• Appeared in all 14 games on special teams and five on the offensive line with one start at left tackle to earn his second varsity letter
• Part of the Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line
• Shared Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Illinois
• Played at left tackle and contributed on special teams against Colorado State (Sept. 3)
• Played as the jumbo tackle, and also earned snaps at left tackle and on special teams against Hawaii (Sept. 10)
• Played snaps at left tackle, as a bonus lineman, and on special teams against UConn (Sept. 17)
• Contributed on special teams against Maryland (Sept. 24), Michigan State (Oct. 29), at Iowa (Oct. 1), at Indiana (Oct. 8), Illinois (Nov. 19), at Ohio State (Nov. 26)
• Made his first career start at left tackle, and also contributed on special teams at Rutgers (Nov. 5)
• Played snaps at left tackle and contributed on special teams against Nebraska (Nov. 12)
• Contributed on special teams against Purdue in the Big Ten Championship (Dec. 3)
• Contributed on special teams against TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)

Sophomore (2021)
• Appeared in two games at left tackle to earn his first varsity letter
• Made his U-M debut playing left tackle against Northern Illinois (Sept. 18)
• Contributed as a left tackle against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game (Dec. 4)

Freshman (2020)
• Did not see game action

Prep
• Attended J Serra Catholic High School (2020) coached by Pat Harlow
• Helped lead JSerra to a 6-5 record as a senior in the CIF-SS Division 1
• Led the Lions to a 9-3 record and a quarterfinal appearance in 2018 as a junior, losing to Zach Charbonnet’s Oaks Christian school

Key Statistics
• Two-year varsity starter at offensive tackle after converting from tight end

Honors and Rankings
• Four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite rankings; No. 27 offensive tackle, No. 25 prospect in California and the 319th overall prospect in the country
• 247Sports ranks as a four-star recruit and the nation’s 278th-ranked recruit nationally; rated as the 26th-best offensive tackle prospect and the 25th-best player in California
• Four-star recruit according to Rivals.com; listed as the 26th-overall prospect in California and the nation’s 33rd-best offensive tackle
• ESPN four-star recruit, the No. 30 player in the state of California and the 33rd-best offensive tackle in the country
• PrepStar Magazine Top 350 All-American; ranked as the 35th-best prospect in California, the 35th offensive tackle nationally and the 326th overall recruit in the country
• Earned all-league and all-state honors
• Selected to play for the US National Team in the 2020 International Bowl

Personal
• Jeffrey David Persi was born October 8, 2001
• Son of Jeff and Stephanie Persi
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in Communication and Media