Harold Perkins Jr. holds the RILB · Backup spot in Atlanta Falcons’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Harold Perkins Jr. is a 6'0", 223-pound linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, selected 215th overall in the 2025 draft. The LSU product appeared in 43 games with 36 starts during his college career, accumulating 220 tackles, 35.5 tackles for loss, and 17 sacks. In 2023, he started all 13 games and earned Second-Team All-SEC honors after recording 75 tackles and 5.5 sacks. A 2022 Freshman All-American, Perkins appeared in 14 games as a freshman with 72 tackles and 7.5 sacks before suffering a season-ending injury in 2024 after four starts.

CollegeLSUDraftRound 6 · No. 215 overall · ATLHometownNew Orleans, LA