Denzel Perryman is a very good player. He’s a rising star at the middle linebacker position. Outside of Chargers fans, many people don’t know a lot about the third-year, hard-hitting thumper out of Miami, which is why I believed he was one of the Chargers’ best-kept secrets.
The 2015 second-round pick took over for an injured Manti Te’o his rookie year and wound up with the highest run-stop percentage (18.3 percent) among all inside linebackers that year, as noted by Pro Football Focus. Perryman, who missed four games due to injury last year, had his ups and downs despite finishing with the third-most combined tackles (72) on the team.