Perry willingham holding up his signing bonus check after negotiating his 1 Year/ $592,400.00 contract!

The RPFL is a professional football league that provides adult football players an opportunity to earn compensation while attaining great quality game film that can be used to market them to NFL, CFL and UFL organizations. After a spectacular performance at the RPFL spring tryouts, Perry was invited to the 2025 RPFL spring draft and eventually drafted with the 2nd pick of 2nd round by Head Coach Xavier Bonds of the Oakland County Racers.

Perry Willingham is a 5'11 250 Pound Athlete that played Running Back, Linebacker, Defensive Tackle and Offensive Guard for the Oakland County Racers in week 1 of the RPFL spring season. Perry is from Taylorville, IL where he was a standout player at Taylorville High School, Home of the Tornadoes. Perry also played college basketball for Lincoln Christian University.

Before trying out for the Rivals Professional Football League Perry played semi pro football for the Central Illinois Cougars. Perry is a member of Lighthouse Apostolic Church in Taylorville, IL and a devoted Christian whose faith in Jesus Christ has deeply influenced his character and actions, demonstrating a strong commitment to living in accordance with Christian principles. Perry also owns his own professional training business called P.W Strong LLC as he works hard to help others achieve their physical fitness goals.

“Perry is an awesome football player and an even greater man. Perry comes to work everyday with a very coachable positive mindset and has been an ideal player in the RPFL. In week 1 of the 2025 RPFL Spring season Perry played every position we asked him to play and gave it his all every play. I don’t know where Perry will go and play after the RPFL but we are definitely going to market him to the NFL, CFL, UFL and arena teams because he will be a great contributor to any team he is on and can definitely compete on any level”
— Quentin Hines, RPFL CEO

RPFL CEO Quentin Hines is determined to find the best talent available on the developmental market in the United States and will be holding open tryouts across the country in august for the 2025 RPFL Fall Draft. Players who attend RPFL tryouts will perform combine specific drills like the broad jump, L cone drill and 40-yard dash. All players interested in trying out for the RPFL can reserve their spot at tryouts by following the link below. Players that perform well and impress the coaches and scouts at tryouts will be offered RPFL Draft invitations on the spot. All players that receive a draft invitation will be drafted and offered a 1 Year/ $592,000.00 performance based contract and can negotiate a guaranteed base salary, signing bonus and or roster bonus depending on where they’ve played before or where they get drafted . There is a tryout deposit of $100 required to reserve your spot and RPFL CEO Mr. Hines advises players that are not serious, not fully committed, or out-of-shape to save their money. 

Click here to view tryout locations and reserve your spot

To get drafted into the Rivals Professional Football League players must attend an RPFL tryout or be chosen through our film submission evaluation. We recommend all players interested in playing in the RPFL to submit a film evaluation or view our tryout dates and locations and register as soon as possible because tryouts for the 2025 RPFL fall season will fill up fast.  We will only allow 50 prospects to workout per tryout so that we can truly evaluate a players talent and make an accurate scouting analysis. Roughly 50% of the players that come to tryouts or are chosen through our film submission evaluation are invited to the draft and signed to a team. 

The total cost to tryout or be evaluated by your film by the RPFL is $200.00. Please feel free to call (313)725-1065 if you need more information.