Koi Perich S Oregon |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Scouting Report: Weaknesses

• Open-field tackling is a severe problem, with twenty-three misses on the year
• Surrendered 455 yards, with a zone coverage well below average
• Eligibility timeline points toward a later draft class
• The interception count dropped from five to one as a sophomore

Scouting Report: Summary

Perich is a dynamic athlete and college playmaker, a two-way contributor and returner whose sticks in the hip pocket in man coverage and whose career production includes six interceptions, two of them off California in a single game. He triggers downhill to fill the run with twenty-one stops, and the all-purpose dynamism and the ball-skill reputation are real, projectable traits that keep him on the radar despite a step back in 2025.

The 2025 coverage and tackling tape is a real concern. His tackling is severe, with twenty-three misses, he surrendered 455 yards with a zone coverage well below average, and his eyes drift in zone to open big plays from depth. His interception total dropped from five to one, and his eligibility timeline points toward a later draft class. He is a high-upside playmaker whose down-to-down coverage and finishing regressed badly.

The wager is on the athleticism, the return value, and the ball-skill reputation, a developmental safety whose 2025 coverage and tackling have to rebound. The missed tackles, the yardage allowed, and the eligibility timeline keep the grade measured, now with a move to a new program. He grades as a traits-and-playmaking bet whose floor is a returner and whose ceiling depends on the coverage catching up to the athletic tools and the tackling cleaning up.