Perry Dorrestein Perry Ross Dorrestein ( born September 11 , 1987 ) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent . He has NFL experience with the New York Jets and Chicago Bears . He played his college football for the Michigan Wolverines football team . High school . He was rated as the 43rd , 75th and 81st best high school football offensive tackle in the class of 2006 by Rivals . com , ESPN and Scout . com , respectively . Rivals also rated him as the 11th best football player in the state of Illinois . College . Dorrestein played 31 games for the Michigan Wolverines , starting 21 or 22 , depending on the source . He started 4 games for the 2008 team , 8 games for the 2009 team and 9 games for the 2010 team . He lost the starting right tackle position to Stephen Schilling in a battle with Mark Ortmann and Schilling at the start of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season for the 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team . However , he made his career debut on September 8 in the second game of the season against Oregon . With the departure of Mike Hart , Mario Manningham , Adrian Arrington , Jake Long , Chad Henne , and Adam Kraus to the National Football League and Justin Boren ' s defection from the team , the 2008 Wolverines entered the season for new head coach Rich Rodriguez with only three returning offensive starters : Schilling , tight end Carson Butler and fullback Mark Moundros . Backup quarterback Ryan Mallett transferred and two senior offensive linemen ( Jeremy Ciulla and Alex Mitchell ) declined to use their fifth years of eligibility . Aside from Schilling , the projected opening game starting offensive line had a total of three career starts . Offensive line injuries continued to affect the lineup through the early part of the season with David Molk ( center ) , David Moosman ( right guard ) and Schilling ( right tackle ) being the only players to start each of the first four games . In the first five games , the team used four different starting offensive line combinations due to injuries . Dorrestein ' s first career start and season debut came in game three during the rivalry game against Notre Dame on September 13 . By the seventh game the line returned to full strength and used the opening day lineup . For the season , Dorrestein appeared in 5 games , starting 4 . The young offense had all but one of its starters returning for the following season . Although Dorrestein played in the first 3 games of the season , he did not start until the 4th game against Indiana on September 26 when the offensive line was reshuffled . After starting 6 games in a row at right tackle , he missed the November 7 game against Purdue due to a back injury . In 2010 , he battled with Taylor Lewan and Mark Hyuge for the left tackle spot , but wound up starting at right tackle . He missed the October 30 and November 6 games against Penn State and Illinois due to a sprained knee . He played sparingly as a reserve in the November 13 game against Purdue , although he served as game captain . During Dorrestein ' s senior season , Denard Robinson had a record - setting season on offense : he broke Drew Brees ' Big Ten single - season total offense record of 4 , 189 yards . Robinson fell 116 yards short of Tim Biakabutuka ' s Michigan school record of 1 , 818 rushing yards . However , he led the conference in both total offense and rushing yards per game . Pro career . On July 27 , Dorrestein signed with the New York Jets . On November 23 , Dorrestein was signed to the Chicago Bears ' practice squad .