He played college football at Ohio State, where he was part of the 2014 National Championship team.

Coming out of Ohio State, Perry was projected by the majority of analysts to be a second to fourth round draft selection.

[6] Perry received positive reviews from scouts and analysts for his leadership, strength, productive tackling, conditioning, instincts, and anticipation.

[9] Perry entered training camp competing with Nick Dzubnar to be the backup right inside linebacker.

[10] Perry was named the third right inside linebacker behind veteran Denzel Perryman and Dzubnar to begin the regular season.

On January 1, 2017, Perry received his first career start against the Kansas City Chiefs and recorded a season-high six combined tackles in a 37–27 loss.

[20] Perry has started working for "The Fan" 97.1 FM, a sports radio station in Columbus, Ohio,[21] co-hosting "The NFL Hour" with Matt Hayes.