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Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA - 5'10, 208 - RS Junior - #24
Continuing through the potential selections at Running Back, we come to the UCLA product that is one of the smallest of the bunch. However, as any undersized RB must learn, there is a place at every level of football for a smaller, yet incredibly competitive and gifted specimen who will battle hard all day long. And while he is on the smaller end of things, 5'10 and 208 is actually not that small if you take a look at some of the better RBs in NFL history (Emmitt Smith is the all-time leading rusher at 5'9 and 210). Just because the NFL seems to be looking for that RB to be 220-225 these days doesn't mean we should get carried away if someone falls 5% short of that range.
The Perkins family has a pretty impressive link to football with Uncle Don playing with the Cowboys for 8 years, his father, Paul, playing for Arizona State, and his brother, Bryce, is also with the Sun Devils. Regardless, Perkins was not a highly regarded high school recruit as a 3-Star who had to prove his value after a red-shirt year, but consistently produced and provided highlight tape material for a UCLA team that at times had trouble staying in games with contenders...
This one brings on a purely large smile to this Cowboy's face.
Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA - 5'10, 208 - RS Junior - #24
Continuing through the potential selections at Running Back, we come to the UCLA product that is one of the smallest of the bunch. However, as any undersized RB must learn, there is a place at every level of football for a smaller, yet incredibly competitive and gifted specimen who will battle hard all day long. And while he is on the smaller end of things, 5'10 and 208 is actually not that small if you take a look at some of the better RBs in NFL history (Emmitt Smith is the all-time leading rusher at 5'9 and 210). Just because the NFL seems to be looking for that RB to be 220-225 these days doesn't mean we should get carried away if someone falls 5% short of that range.
The Perkins family has a pretty impressive link to football with Uncle Don playing with the Cowboys for 8 years, his father, Paul, playing for Arizona State, and his brother, Bryce, is also with the Sun Devils. Regardless, Perkins was not a highly regarded high school recruit as a 3-Star who had to prove his value after a red-shirt year, but consistently produced and provided highlight tape material for a UCLA team that at times had trouble staying in games with contenders...
This one brings on a purely large smile to this Cowboy's face.
