Player Dossier

2014-2016

Oklahoma

Samaje Perine

RB • 5'10" • Pflugerville, TX, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Samaje Perine leans workhorse runner traits and 57.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Player Story

Samaje Perine built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Samaje Perine's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.907

Hendrickson · Pflugerville, TX

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 7
Overall
No. 114
NFL Team
Washington

Samaje Perine, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Oklahoma. Samaje Perine leans workhorse runner traits and 57.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
4,443
Rushing yards
4,122
Receiving yards
321
Touchdowns
51

Quick Answers

Samaje Perine quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
4,443
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Oklahoma
Top game
Kansas
Recruit profile
4-star · Hendrickson · Oklahoma
High school pipeline
Hendrickson · 27 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 4 · Pick 7 · Washington
Latest roster
No. 32 · Class 2016
2016 Scrimmage yards rank
1,166 scrimmage yards · RB 51st (top 9%) · Big 12 9th (top 5%) · National 85th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2014 PostseasonOklahoma1315613422076.5
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma131,6651,579862176.5
2015 PostseasonOklahoma13815823170.6
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma131,3751,291841670.6
2016 PostseasonOklahoma1086860168.2
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma101,0809741061268.2

Related Context

Samaje Perine played RB for Oklahoma. Across 3 tracked seasons, Samaje Perine recorded 4,122 rushing yards, 321 receiving yards, and 51 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Oklahoma.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Oklahoma paired 1,821 primary output with 60.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 60.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Postseason · Oklahoma

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

140.1

Efficiency

60.1

Usage

36.6

Consistency

45.9

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 156. Louisiana Tech: 77. Tulsa: 39. Tennessee: 80. West Virginia: 242. TCU: 95. Texas: 68. Kansas State: 96. Iowa State: 125. Baylor: 21. Texas Tech: 213. Kansas: 446. Oklahoma State: 163

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 26 by 61.4. Louisiana Tech: 13 by 61.7. Tulsa: 11 by 35.4. Tennessee: 10 by 79.9. West Virginia: 34 by 74.1. TCU: 26 by 37. Texas: 20 by 35.7. Kansas State: 26 by 38.6. Iowa State: 20 by 66.5. Baylor: 5 by 43.8. Texas Tech: 25 by 85.5. Kansas: 35 by 100. Oklahoma State: 27 by 61.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins161.3 · Games = 8 · +55.0 vs Losses
Losses106.2 · Games = 5 · -55.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kansas

Result
Mon 12/29@ Clemson100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 6-40231345.8003226
Sat 12/6vs Oklahoma State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 35-38261515.8021126.0
Sat 11/22vs Kansas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 44-73442712.60511912.7
Sat 11/15@ Texas Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 42-30252138.5038.5
Sat 11/8vs BaylorL 14-485214.2004.2
Sat 11/1@ Iowa State100 rush yardsW 59-14171106.5013156.3
Sat 10/18vs Kansas StateL 30-3124893.701273.7
Sat 10/11vs TexasW 31-2618623.401263.4
Sat 10/4@ TCU2+ TDL 33-3725873.503183.7
Sat 9/20@ West Virginia100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 45-33342427.1047.1
Sun 9/14vs TennesseeW 34-109677.4001138
Sat 9/6@ TulsaW 52-710333.300163.5
Sat 8/30vs Louisiana TechW 48-1613775.9015.9

Player Story

Samaje Perine story

Samaje Perine built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Samaje Perine's career was his backfield work: 4,122 rushing yards, 685 carries, 49 rushing touchdowns, and 321 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Oklahoma. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 321 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma.

The arc is straightforward: Samaje Perine moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Oklahoma

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 PostseasonOklahoma1,82160.136.6
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma1,82160.136.60
2015 PostseasonOklahoma1,45660.328.3-365
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma1,45660.328.30
2016 PostseasonOklahoma1,16657.730.8-290
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma1,16657.730.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas

Week 13 · W 44-7 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

446

Scrimmage Yards

100 takeover

446 scrimmage yards and 60.3 usage.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 8 · W 63-27 · Conference game

210

Scrimmage Yards

94.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

210 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.

#3

vs TCU

Week 12 · W 30-29 · Conference game

204

Scrimmage Yards

91.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

204 scrimmage yards and 38.6 usage.

#4

vs Oklahoma State

Week 14 · W 38-20 · Conference game

239

Scrimmage Yards

89.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

239 scrimmage yards and 56.9 usage.

#5

vs Texas

Week 6 · W 45-40 · Conference game

214

Scrimmage Yards

84.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

214 scrimmage yards and 45.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Oklahoma

1,821 primary output · 60.1 efficiency · 36.6 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Oklahoma

76.5

1,821 primary · 60.1 efficiency · 36.6 usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Oklahoma

70.6

1,456 primary · 60.3 efficiency · 28.3 usage

Milestones

15

100+ rush yards

12

150+ scrimmage yards

14

2+ TD games