Player Dossier

2016-2019

New Mexico State

Austin Perkins

DB • 5'9" • 185 lbs • Tucson, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Austin Perkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.8

Efficiency

30.9

Consistency

10

Season Value

30.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Scouting Read

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Austin Perkins, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · New Mexico State. Austin Perkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.9 disruption score.

Austin Perkins played DB for New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austin Perkins recorded 166 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

New Mexico State paired 4 primary output with 22.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

30.9

Usage

7.8

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 0. Alabama: 0. San Diego State: 1. New Mexico: 1. Fresno State: 0. Liberty: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Incarnate Word: 1. UTEP: 0. Liberty: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 10 by 41.7. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. San Diego State: 9 by 47.5. New Mexico: 9 by 47.5. Fresno State: 4 by 16.7. Liberty: 8 by 33.3. Ole Miss: 10 by 41.7. Incarnate Word: 2 by 18.3. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs New Mexico

Result
Sat 11/30@ LibertyL 28-4987000
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 44-3521000
Sat 11/16vs Incarnate WordW 41-2820001
Sat 11/9@ Ole Miss10+ tacklesL 3-41105000
Sun 10/6vs LibertyL 13-2084000
Sun 9/29vs Fresno StateL 17-3042000
Sat 9/21@ New MexicoL 52-55950010
Sun 9/15vs San Diego StateL 10-31920010
Sat 9/7@ AlabamaL 10-6252000
Sun 9/1@ Washington State10+ tacklesL 7-58105000

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0.5142.4
2017 PostseasonNew Mexico State422.32.83.5
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State422.32.80
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State113.22-3
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State330.97.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.6 takeover score.

#2

San Diego State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.1 takeover score.

#3

New Mexico

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.8 takeover score.

#4

Incarnate Word

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#5

UTEP

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · New Mexico State

4 primary output · 22.3 efficiency · 2.8 usage

33.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · New Mexico State

33.8

4 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

30.9

3 primary · 30.9 efficiency · 7.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

166

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 38 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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