As NFL scouting combine drills go, the vertical jump isn’t a critical one for determining Joshua Perry’s draft status.
But the Ohio State linebacker will care as much about his performance in that drill as in any other this week in Indianapolis, for reasons that transcend his draft status.
Perry is one of four players who will participate in a fundraiser to raise money for the Eagle Fund, which supports active-duty wounded or injured members of the U.S. military’s special operations forces. Perry and Georgia receiver Malcolm Mitchell will compete to raise the most money in the vertical jump.