33 Facts About Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine is an American professional football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.

Samaje Perine played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft.

Samaje Perine was born and raised in Jackson, Alabama, but later moved with his family to Pflugerville, Texas, where he attended Hendrickson High School as a member of their football and track and field teams.

Samaje Perine was a three-year starter at running back for the Hendrickson Hawks football team.

Samaje Perine rushed for 1,993 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior.

Samaje Perine recorded a personal-best time of 11.37 seconds in the 100-meter dash in 2011.

Samaje Perine was ranked as a four-star recruit and the No 13 running back in the nation by Rivals.

Samaje Perine had offers from Alabama, Nebraska, TCU, and Tennessee.

Samaje Perine attended and played college football for the University of Oklahoma from 2014 to 2016.

Samaje Perine saw immediate playing time as a freshman at Oklahoma in 2014.

Samaje Perine rushed for 427 yards on 34 rushes along with five touchdowns in a victory over Kansas, breaking the Football Bowl Subdivision single game rushing record set by Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon just a week earlier.

Samaje Perine finished his freshman season with 1,713 rushing yards on 263 carries with 21 touchdowns.

Samaje Perine started the 2015 season with 33 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in a victory over the Akron Zips.

Samaje Perine followed that up with 90 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns against Kansas in the next game.

Samaje Perine followed that performance up with 188 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown against TCU.

Samaje Perine broke the school career rushing yard record on January 2,2017, with 86 rushing yards and a touchdown against Auburn at the Allstate Sugar Bowl passing Billy Sims with a total of 4,122 yards.

Samaje Perine finished the 2016 season with 1,060 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 10 receptions, 106 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.

Samaje Perine was the ninth running back selected in that year's draft.

On May 11,2017, Samaje Perine signed a four-year, $3.05 million contract with the team.

Samaje Perine joined a committee backfield of Chris Thompson, Robert Kelley, and Mack Brown.

Samaje Perine had success in Week 10 with 23 rushes for 117 yards, as well as his first career rushing touchdown against the New Orleans Saints, marking the first 100-yard rushing game for the Redskins of the season.

Samaje Perine followed this up the following week with 24 rushes for 100 yards against the New York Giants, marking first Redskin with consecutive yard games of over 100 yards since Alfred Morris in 2013.

Samaje Perine was waived prior to the 2019 regular season on August 31.

On September 1,2019, Samaje Perine was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals.

On December 24,2019, Samaje Perine was signed by the Miami Dolphins off the Bengals practice squad.

Samaje Perine finished the season with 63 rushes for 301 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 4.8 yards per carry.

Samaje Perine re-signed on a two-year contract with the Bengals on March 24,2021.

Samaje Perine finished with 55 carries for 246 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown to go along with 27 receptions for 196 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.

The 2022 season followed with Samaje Perine continuing to back up Mixon, though after he sustained a concussion during the Week 11 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Samaje Perine would fill in as starter for the next two weeks.

Samaje Perine finished with 394 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, and a career high 287 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.

Samaje Perine finished with 53 carries for 238 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown to go with 50 receptions for 455 receiving yards.

On March 13,2025, Samaje Perine was officially signed back to the Bengals on a two-year contract worth $3.8 million.

Samaje Perine is a cousin of NFL linebacker Myles Jack.