#19

Austin Perkins

Senior defensive back for New Mexico State. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 67 tackles.

DB · New Mexico State · Sr. · #19

5′9″ · 185 lb · Tucson, AZ

New Mexico State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for New Mexico State. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 67 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at New Mexico State, 166 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Doug Martin

New Mexico State

Played his entire career under Doug Martin.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Doug Martin — 15-34 over that span.

2016New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017New Mexico State7-6HC: Doug Martin · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

2019New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#339 / 2688 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#567 / 2688 · 78th pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Tackles for loss#2300 / 2688 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	New Mexico State	67	33	0.0	1	2	--
2018	New Mexico State	26	10	0.0	--	1	--
2017	New Mexico State	44	28	0.0	4	--	--
2016	New Mexico State	29	8	0.5	--	--	--
Career		166	79	0.5	5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2019

W 41–28

vs Incarnate Word

2 TOT · 1 PD

Edged out Incarnate Word at home in a shootout.

With J. Huntley — 174 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · J. Adkins — 316 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 4 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week