Senior running back for Southern Miss. 2020: 317 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 6 catches.
6′0″ · 234 lb · Tunica, MS
The story
4 running back for Southern Miss. 2020: 317 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 6 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKevin Perkins
Kevin Perkins has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Southern Miss. The receipt on tape: 71 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Florida Atlantic, Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 864 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jay Hopson → Scotty Walden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / carry (83rd percentile). Concern: rec yards (23rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 30.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| Road2g | 52.0 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 27.3 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 39.2 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 67 | 317 | 4.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 103 | 547 | 5.3 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 170 | 864 | 5.1 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020
W 24–13
37 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD
With F. Gore Jr. — 103 rush yds (13 car) · A. Robinson — 4 rec · 45 yds
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-32vs South Alabama | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-31vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-66vs Tulane | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-56@ Liberty | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-30vs Rice | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-13vs North Alabama | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 3 | 17 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | L 7-10@ Western Kentucky | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 31 | Season-high 71 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 20-23vs UTSA | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-31vs Florida Atlantic | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 67 | 317 | 4.7 | 7 | 31 |
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2020
Kevin Perkins finished 57th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.