2005 Football Roster
Roster

Perry Patterson
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 242
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lancaster, PA
- High School:
- McCaskey
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU:
Three letters … Served as a captain for the 2006 season ... Made the travel squad for all 12 games, but redshirted in 2002 … Injured knee during 2003 Spring practice … His senior year statistics ranked him fourth on the single-season completions list (158), second in pass attempts (300), and tied for ninth in touchdowns (12) ... Finished fourth all-time in passing yards (5,220), third in career completions (456), third in career pass attempts (862), fifth in career completion percentage (.529), fifth in career touchdown passes (25), and fifth in career plays (1,094).
Senior Year (2006):
One of 13 players to start all 12 games … At Wake Forest, completed 6-of-19 passes for 45 yards and one touchdown … Against Iowa, finished 21-of-38 passing for 210 yards and one touchdown … At Illinois, completed 9-of-18 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns … Against Miami(OH), threw for 163 yards and two touchdowns on 14-of-20 passing … Against Wyoming, completed 11-of-25 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown … Against Pittsburgh, completed 20-of-29 classes for 225 yards and one touchdown … At West Virginia, threw for 146 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-21 passing, also ran for one touchdown … Against Louisville, set career-highs for completions with 24 and yards with 303, finished 24-of-38 passing and was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … At Cincinnati, threw for 119 yards on 13-of-29 passing … At South Florida, completed 15-of-29 passes for 174 yards and one touchdown … Against Connecticut, threw for 143 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-18 passing … At Rutgers, threw for 49 yards on 7-of-16 passing.
Junior Year (2005):
Was one of 36 players to see action in all 11 games … Started in eight games … Was 130-of-273 passing for 1,504 yards and six touchdowns … Ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in passing yards per game (136.7) … Was seventh in total offense in the BIG EAST (122.1) … Against West Virginia, was 15-31 for 85 yards in the season-opener … Against Buffalo, finished with 139 passing yards on 10-of-20 passing … Surpassed the 2,000-yard milestone in passing yards when he completed a 10-yard pass to Bruce Williams against Buffalo … Against Virginia, had a career-high two rushing touchdowns, and completed 17-of-26 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown … At Florida State, completed 14-of-25 passes for 189 yards and one touchdown, while also running the ball 10 times for one touchdown … At Connecticut, was 10-of-28 for 125 yards and one touchdown … Against Rutgers, completed 13 passes on 24 attempts for 167 yards to move to seventh all-time at SU in career passing yards … Against Cincinnati, was 9-of-17 passing for 154 yards, including a career-long 70 yard pass completion to Damien Rhodes … At Pittsburgh, threw for 89 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-25 passing … Against South Florida, was 5-of-16 passing for 47 yards … At Notre Dame, threw for 78 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-22 passing, while running the ball 25 yards including a career-long 30-yard run …At Louisville, threw for 259 yards and one touchdown on 19-of-39 passing.
Sophomore Year (2004):
One of 31 players to play in all 12 games … Started the final nine games of the season … Completed 168-of-289 passes for 1,851 yards and seven touchdowns … Ranks second on the SU list for passing yards by a sophomore behind only Marvin Graves (1,912, 1991) … Ranked seventh in the BIG EAST in passing yards per game (154.2), pass efficiency (113.0) and total offense (166.2) … Completed 7-of-10 passes for 64 yards in the opener at Purdue … Was 7-for-18 for 61 yards at Buffalo … Completed 10-of-16 passes for 156 yards and his first career touchdown pass, a 68-yarder to Damien Rhodes, against Cincinnati … Was 15-for-23 for 141 yards in his first start at Virginia … Completed 11-of-25 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown versus Rutgers … Had his first career 200-yard passing game against Florida State (207) … Was 23-for-37 for a career-best 249 yards at West Virginia … The 23 completions tied for third on the Orange’s single-game list … The 37 attempts was seventh on the SU single-game list … Was 11-for-19 for 125 yards and a career-best two touchdowns against Connecticut … Completed 15-of-28 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown against Pittsburgh … Connected on 20-of-35 attempts for 240 yards at Temple … Was 9-for-16 for 88 yards in the win at Boston College … Completed 21-of- 34 passes for 219 yards against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Freshman Year (2003):
Played in six games … Rushed twice for five yards, including one four-yard run, at Virginia Tech … Versus Boston College, rushed three times for five yards, including one five-yard run … Had one 18-yard rush against Temple … Also played against Central Florida, Toledo and Notre Dame.
High School:
Named SuperPrep All-American, rated as the publication’s 22nd-best quarterback … Rated the No. 11 player in Pennsylvania by SuperPrep … Rated the No. 19 quarterback by Rivals.com … Named PrepStar All-East Region … Named to Pennsylvania’s "Platinum 33 team" and "Fabulous 85" in 2001 … Led team to 10-2 record and earned second-team all-state and all-league honors as a senior … Team MVP as a senior … Posted a 16-6 record as a two-year starter as quarterback … Was 87-of-163 passing for 1,562 yards, 18 touchdowns and five interceptions, rushed for 609 yards and 11 touchdowns on 84 carries as a senior … Had 3,350 passing yards and 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions to go with 1,243 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on 184 carries in his career … Recruited by former assistant coach Brian Stewart.
Personal:
Perry Lynn Patterson Jr. … Born March 31, 1984 in Yonkers, N.Y. … Son of Perry Sr. and Lorren Patterson … Two brothers … Majoring in child and family studies.