Peria Jerry Honored by Jackson Touchdown Club

JACKSON, Miss. Ole Miss defensive tackle Peria Jerry has been named among the recipients of the CellularSouth Most Valuable Senior Awards, presented by the Jackson Touchdown Club. The organization will hold its final meeting for this season on Monday at 6 p.m. at the River Hills Tennis Club located at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and Lakeland Drive in Jackson.

The club honors players chosen by the coaching staffs of all 10 Mississippi senior colleges. Other award winners include Lee Robinson, Alcorn State; Anthony Embry, Belhaven; Chad Schroeder, Delta State; Juan Joseph, Millsaps; Ryne Davison, Mississippi College; Dominic Douglas, Mississippi State; Tokumbo Abanikanda, Southern Miss and a player yet to be named from Mississippi Valley State.

The Jackson Touchdown Club has presented this awards program each year since 1946, the year the organization was founded by the late Dr. Lacey Hughes, a Jackson native who gathered 15 football fans together to celebrate the sport of football.

Celebrating its 63rd Anniversary, the Jackson Touchdown Club/CellularSouth Most Valuable Senior Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious honors presented by a quarterback or touchdown club in the Southeast.

The admission fee for first time or single meeting visitors is $20 per person. For more information, contact Glen Waddle, Secretary of the Jackson Touchdown Club, at 601-506-3186 or log on to the Club website at www.jacksontouchdownclub.com.

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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