Talented young linebacker ... has risen to second on the depth chart among a very talented and experienced linebacking unit … an injury cut short his 2012 campaign … is fully recovered and looking to pick up where he left off a year ago … coaching staff is excited about his future ... had really impressed the coaching staff, before suffering his season-ending injury … possesses a great deal of potential ... good size for a linebacker ... possesses great instincts as well ... should see considerable playing time … part of a talented corps of linebackers … fits the mold of linebackers at West Chester … may get a lot of that playing time on special teams in coverage … brother, Dan Persa, was the quarterback at Northwestern University … letterwinner.
 
2012: Appeared in six games … did not make a start … played in first six games of the season … injured himself at East Stroudsburg and did not return the rest of the year … registered 14 tackles on the year … had four solo stops and 10 assisted stops … also recorded half a tackle for a loss … posted season-high five tackles against Millersville … notched four assisted tackles in that contest … also recorded his half a tackle for a loss … made four tackles against Gannon … had three assisted stops and one solo stop … had one solo tackle at Delaware in season opener … made two assisted tackles at East Stroudsburg, before getting hurt … also had a solo stop against Kutztown.
 
2011: Red-shirted … did not appear in a contest.