{"id":16239,"date":"2020-04-30T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=16239"},"modified":"2020-04-30T17:02:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:02:40","slug":"former-navy-qb-perry-to-get-nfl-shot-with-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2020\/04\/30\/former-navy-qb-perry-to-get-nfl-shot-with-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Navy QB Perry to get NFL shot with Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to a policy changed initiated by President Trump, former Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry will have a chance to transition to the NFL.<\/p>\n

Perry, drafted in the seventh round by the Dolphins, stands only 5-foot-9 and says he began thinking he could chance a chance in the NFL around midseason after the Naval Academy began 7-1.<\/p>\n

New guidelines allow service academy graduates the ability to seek a delay in their military commitment so they can play pro sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d Perry says, \u201cbecause I know a lot of guys that I played with in the past who didn\u2019t get the opportunity, but definitely had the talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dolphins could use Perry as a running back, slot receiver or kick returner.<\/p>\n

Perry ran for 2,017 yards as a senior, an FBS record for a quarterback, including 304 yards against Army while the Midshipmen tied a school record with 11 wins and finished in the Top 20 for only the second time in 56 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a policy changed initiated by President Trump, former Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry will have a chance to transition to the NFL. Perry, drafted in the seventh round by the Dolphins, stands only 5-foot-9 and says he began thinking he could chance a chance in the NFL around midseason after the Naval Academy began […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[1071,100,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-16239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-malcolm-perry","9":"tag-miami-dolphins","10":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16241,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions\/16241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16239"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}