Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine
Oklahoma Sooners No. 32
Position Running back
Class Junior
Career history
College
High school Pflugerville (TX) Hendrickson
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-16) September 16, 1995
Place of birth Jackson, Alabama
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • FBS record 427 rushing yards in a game
  • First-team All-Big 12 (2014)
  • Second-team All-American (2014)
  • Big 12 Rookie of the Year (2014)

Samaje Perine (born September 16, 1995) is an American football running back for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Early years

Perine attended Hendrickson High School near Austin, Texas, where he played football and ran track. He was a three-year starter at running back for the Hendrickson Hawks football team. He rushed for 1,993 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior. In his final year, he rushed for 1,492 yards and 12 touchdowns.

In track & field, Perine competed in sprints and jumps. At the 2011 Manor Relay, he earned first-place finishes in both the triple jump (46 ft, 0.5 in) and long jump (20 ft, 8 in) events, while also anchoring the 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 relay squads, helping lead them to victory.[1] He recorded a personal-best time of 11.37 seconds in the 100-meter dash in 2011.[2]

Perine was ranked as a four-star recruit and the No. 13 running back in the nation by Rivals.com.[3] In March 2013, he committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[4][5] He also had offers from Alabama, Nebraska, TCU and Tennessee.

College career

Perine earned immediate playing time as a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2014.[6] In his first career game he rushed for 77 yards on 13 carries with one touchdown. In his fourth game he rushed 242 yards on 34 carries with four touchdowns.[7][8] He rushed for 200 yards a second time, gaining 213 on 25 carries along with three touchdowns against Texas Tech on November 15.[9] Perine rushed for 427 yards on 34 rushes along with six touchdowns in a victory over Kansas, breaking the NCAA FBS single game rushing record set by Melvin Gordon just a week earlier.[10][11] He finished his freshman season with 1,713 rushing yards on 263 carries with 21 touchdowns.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://parser.dyestat.com/search.jsp?meetID=40254
  2. ↑ http://tx.milesplit.com/meets/141029/results/241525
  3. ↑ Rivals.com
  4. ↑ Watch List RB Perine commits to Sooners
  5. ↑ Oklahoma football: Pflugerville Henderson's Samaje Perine commits to OU
  6. ↑ Oklahoma football: Freshman running back Samaje Perine has always looked, played mature beyond his years
  7. ↑ Oklahoma's Samaje Perine runs for 242 yards and four TDs in win over West Virginia
  8. ↑ OU football: Freshman running back Samaje Perine leads Sooners to 45-33 win over West Virginia
  9. ↑ Samaje Perine powers Oklahoma past Texas Tech
  10. ↑ Hinnen, Jerry (November 22, 2014). "Oklahoma's Samaje Perine sets new FBS rushing record with 427 yards". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ Trotter, Jake (November 22, 2014). "Samaje Perine breaks FBS record". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
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