Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015UCLA
Paul Perkins
RB • 5'11" • Queen Creek, AZ, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Paul Perkins leans workhorse runner traits and 61 efficiency.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Player Story
Paul Perkins built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Queen Creek, AZ wearing No. 24, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Paul Perkins' career was his backfield work: 3,488...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 10
- Overall
- No. 149
- NFL Team
- New York Giants
Paul Perkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · UCLA. Paul Perkins leans workhorse runner traits and 61 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 4,227
- Rushing yards
- 3,488
- Receiving yards
- 739
- Touchdowns
- 32
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Paul Perkins UCLA Highlights
2015 · UCLA · Player Highlight
Paul Perkins college highlights at UCLA.
- Season
- 2015
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Paul Perkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 4,227
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · UCLA
- Top game
- Kansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chandler · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Chandler · 58 FBS recruits · 8 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 5 · Pick 10 · New York Giants
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,585 scrimmage yards · RB 18th (top 4%) · Pac-12 3rd (top 2%) · National 19th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 13 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 55.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 13 | 856 | 570 | 286 | 5 | 55.1 |
| 2014 Postseason | UCLA | 13 | 194 | 194 | 0 | 2 | 82.9 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 13 | 1,579 | 1,378 | 201 | 9 | 82.9 |
| 2015 Postseason | UCLA | 13 | 76 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 81.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 13 | 1,509 | 1,275 | 234 | 14 | 81.8 |
Related Context
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Paul Perkins played RB for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Paul Perkins recorded 3,488 rushing yards, 739 receiving yards, and 32 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
UCLA paired 1,773 primary output with 64.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 61 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Postseason · UCLA
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
121.9
Efficiency
61
Usage
37.1
Consistency
76.8
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 76. Virginia: 117. UNLV: 175. BYU: 219. Arizona: 102. Arizona State: 60. Stanford: 120. California: 86. Colorado: 159. Oregon State: 89. Washington State: 149. Utah: 102. USC: 131
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 15 by 56.5. Virginia: 19 by 52. UNLV: 20 by 86.5. BYU: 26 by 85.1. Arizona: 25 by 39.1. Arizona State: 19 by 35. Stanford: 16 by 77.7. California: 13 by 69. Colorado: 16 by 91.4. Oregon State: 23 by 40.3. Washington State: 24 by 63.7. Utah: 29 by 36.5. USC: 22 by 59.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins131.1 · Games = 8 · +23.9 vs Losses
Losses107.2 · Games = 5 · -23.9 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
BYU
Best efficiency game
91.4 vs Colorado
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/27 | @ Nebraska | L 29-37 | 12 | 68 | 5.70 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ USC2+ TD | L 21-40 | 17 | 95 | 5.60 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 6.0 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Utah | W 17-9 | 28 | 98 | 3.50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Sun 11/15 | vs Washington State100 rush yards | L 27-31 | 20 | 121 | 6.10 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 6.2 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Oregon State | W 41-0 | 23 | 89 | 3.90 | 1 | — | — | 3.9 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Colorado100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-31 | 12 | 118 | 9.80 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 9.9 |
| Fri 10/23 | vs California | W 40-24 | 11 | 73 | 6.60 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.6 |
| Fri 10/16 | @ Stanford100 rush yards | L 35-56 | 14 | 104 | 7.40 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7.5 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Arizona State | L 23-38 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3.2 |
| Sun 9/27 | @ Arizona2+ TD | W 56-30 | 24 | 85 | 3.50 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4.1 |
| Sun 9/20 | vs BYU100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 24-23 | 26 | 219 | 8.40 | 1 | — | — | 8.4 |
| Sun 9/13 | @ UNLV100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 37-3 | 18 | 151 | 8.40 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8.8 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Virginia | W 34-16 | 14 | 59 | 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 6.2 |
Player Story
Paul Perkins story
Paul Perkins built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Queen Creek, AZ wearing No. 24, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Paul Perkins' career was his backfield work: 3,488 rushing yards, 621 carries, 29 rushing touchdowns, and 739 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with UCLA. 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 739 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Paul Perkins 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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UCLA
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 869 | 51.1 | 19.3 | 869 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 869 | 51.1 | 19.3 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | UCLA | 1,773 | 64.6 | 33.3 | 904 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 1,773 | 64.6 | 33.3 | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | UCLA | 1,585 | 61 | 37.1 | -188 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 1,585 | 61 | 37.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas State
Week 1 · W 40-35 · Postseason
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
194
Scrimmage Yards
95.8 takeover
194 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.
#2
vs BYU
Week 3 · W 24-23
219
Scrimmage Yards
95 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
219 scrimmage yards and 56.5 usage.
#3
@ Colorado
Week 9 · W 40-37 · Conference game
192
Scrimmage Yards
94.1 takeover
Win with 192 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
192 scrimmage yards and 34.4 usage.
#4
vs Oregon
Week 7 · L 30-42 · Conference game
200
Scrimmage Yards
89.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
200 scrimmage yards and 29.6 usage.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 9 · W 35-31 · Conference game
159
Scrimmage Yards
88 takeover
Win with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
159 scrimmage yards and 37.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · UCLA
1,773 primary output · 64.6 efficiency · 33.3 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · UCLA
82.9
1,773 primary · 64.6 efficiency · 33.3 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · UCLA
81.8
1,585 primary · 61 efficiency · 37.1 usage
Milestones
11
100+ rush yards
8
150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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