Jeff Perrett

{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1984)}}

{{About|the football player|the former Montreal Expos pitcher|Jeff Parrett}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL player

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|image=

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|status=Retired

|import=no

|position1=Offensive tackle

|number=51

|College=Tulsa

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1984|3|23}}

|birth_place=Lethbridge, Alberta

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=7

|Weight_lb=320

|CFLDraftedYear=2006

|CFLDraftedRound=3

|CFLDraftedPick=24

|CFLDraftedTeam=Montreal Alouettes

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|2006}}–{{CFL Year|2016}}

|playing_team1=Montreal Alouettes

|playing_years2={{CFL Year|2017}}*

|playing_team2=Toronto Argonauts

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|CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|2015}}

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Jeff Perrett (born March 23, 1984) is a former Canadian football offensive tackle. Aside from spending the final off-season (2017) of his career with the Toronto Argonauts, Perrett spent the rest of his CFL career (2006-2016) with the Montreal Alouettes. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes in the third round of the 2006 CFL Draft. Perrett appeared in 166 regular-season games with Montreal and helped the team win two Grey Cups during his tenure. He played college football for the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. Perrett was the East Division nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 2014, winning the Leo Dandurand Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/2014-awards-finalists |title=Shortening the list: Elimimian, Ray headline awards finalists |publisher=cfl.ca |date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129185339/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2014-awards-finalists |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }} On May 1, 2017, at the age of 33, Perret announced his retirement from professional football.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/former-alouettes-ol-perrett-retires-1.739463|title=Former Alouettes OL Perrett retires - Article - TSN|date=2017-05-01|work=TSN|access-date=2017-05-03}} In 2019, Perrett joined the varsity football coaching staff of a KIPP high school in The Bronx

Perrett is a Latter-day Saint.{{cite web |url=http://cfldigest.com/sundays-sacred-to-cahoon/ |title=Sundays sacred to Cahoon CFL Digest |access-date=2014-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024931/http://cfldigest.com/sundays-sacred-to-cahoon/ |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}.

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