Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine
No. 32 Washington Redskins
Position: Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1995-09-16) September 16, 1995
Place of birth: Jackson, Alabama
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: Pflugerville (TX) Hendrickson
College: Oklahoma
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 4 / Pick: 114
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Samaje Perine (born September 16, 1995) is an American football running back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma, and was drafted by the Redskins in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Early years

Perine was born and raised in Jackson, Alabama, but later moved with his family to Pflugerville, Texas, where he attended Hendrickson High School as a member of their football and track and field teams.[1] 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.[2] He recorded a personal-best time of 11.37 seconds in the 100-meter dash in 2011.[3]

Perine was ranked as a four-star recruit and the No. 13 running back in the nation by Rivals.com.[4] In March 2013, he committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[5][6] He also had offers from Alabama, Nebraska, TCU and Tennessee.[1]

College career

Perine earned immediate playing time as a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2014.[7] 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.[8][9] He rushed for 200 yards a second time, gaining 213 on 25 carries along with three touchdowns against Texas Tech on November 15.[10] 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.[11][12] He finished his freshman season with 1,713 rushing yards on 263 carries with 21 touchdowns. Perine broke the Oklahoma career rushing yard record on January 2, 2017 against Auburn at the All State Sugar Bowl passing Billy Sims with a total of 4,122 yards. After the season, Perine decided to forgo his senior year and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.[13]

College statistics

Rushing Receiving
Year Team GP GS Att Yards Avg Long TDs Rec Yards TDs
2014 Oklahoma 13 8 263 1,713 6.5 66 21 15 108 0
2015 Oklahoma 13 13 226 1,349 6.0 72 16 15 107 1
2016 Oklahoma 10 9 196 1,060 5.4 66 12 10 106 1
College Totals 36 30 685 4,122 6.0 72 49 40 321 2

Source:[14]

Professional career

The Washington Redskins selected Perine in the fourth round (114th Overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[15] On May 11, 2017, Perine signed a four-year, $3.05 million contract with the team.[16]

Personal life

During his time in high school and Oklahoma, Perine was noted for his acts of great physical strength, such as helping lift a car to help a fellow student who did not have a car jack change a flat tire.[17] Jerry Schmidt, strength coach of the Sooners, stated that he could often out bench press most of the team's lineman, with his max being 440 lbs. Schmidt also noted that nobody else on the team was able to top Perine's max squat (540 lbs), power clean (380 lbs), and incline bench (315 lbs) numbers.[17][18]

References

  1. 1 2 Aber, Ryan. "Oklahoma football: Why running back Samaje Perine turned down Alabama for OU". newsok.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ↑ http://parser.dyestat.com/search.jsp?meetID=40254
  3. ↑ http://tx.milesplit.com/meets/141029/results/241525
  4. ↑ Rivals.com
  5. ↑ Watch List RB Perine commits to Sooners
  6. ↑ Oklahoma football: Pflugerville Henderson's Samaje Perine commits to OU
  7. ↑ Oklahoma football: Freshman running back Samaje Perine has always looked, played mature beyond his years
  8. ↑ Oklahoma's Samaje Perine runs for 242 yards and four TDs in win over West Virginia
  9. ↑ OU football: Freshman running back Samaje Perine leads Sooners to 45-33 win over West Virginia
  10. ↑ Samaje Perine powers Oklahoma past Texas Tech
  11. ↑ Hinnen, Jerry (November 22, 2014). "Oklahoma's Samaje Perine sets new FBS rushing record with 427 yards". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  12. ↑ Trotter, Jake (November 22, 2014). "Samaje Perine breaks FBS record". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2017/story/_/id/18400149/samaje-perine-declares-draft-hours-breaking-oklahoma-sooners-career-rushing-record
  14. ↑ http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/3116389/samaje-perine
  15. ↑ Orr, Conor (April 29, 2017). "Redskins draft Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine". NFL.com.
  16. ↑ "Sportrac.com: Samaje Perine contract". sportrac.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  17. 1 2 Keim, John. "Lifting a car, daredevil pullups: Redskins rookie's amazing feats of strength". ESPN. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "IN OTHERS' WORDS: How Strong is Samaje?". soonersports.com. University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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