Running back, Mississippi State, 2009–⁠13

LaDarius Perkins

Lettered 2010–⁠13 (school media guide)

Number
No. 27
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Greenville, MS
Born
Sep 18, 1990

LaDarius Perkins played running back at Mississippi State (2009–⁠13).

Career highs

171rushing yards, career highat Troy, 20122rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Jackson State, 2012140receiving yards, career highat Ole Miss, 20102receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Arkansas, 2012

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Mississippi State1015665.6351
2011Mississippi State874224.9240
2012Mississippi State2051,0165.0864
2013Mississippi State1375424.0235
Career5302,5464.81564

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Mississippi State1428103160
2011Mississippi State163630–––
2012Mississippi State173250–––
Career4796903160

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Mississippi State924727.4381
2011Mississippi State13594.5220
2012Mississippi State191608.4224
2013Mississippi State272489.2332
Career6871410.51081

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
2006N5011–
2007N134371
2011132020
On file6410–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Mississippi State27RB
2010Mississippi State27RB
2011Mississippi State27RB
2012Mississippi State27RB
2013Mississippi State27RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Mississippi State159-0.0421st (n=226)0.07-6.419%-0.10

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Mississippi State 12 games, 542 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠2116500–––
Sep 14atAuburnL 20–⁠248360–––
Sep 21vs.TroyW 62–⁠75230–––
Oct 5vs.LSUL 26–⁠5910810–––
Oct 12vs.Bowling GreenW 21–⁠2016831–––
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 28–⁠2212650–––
Nov 2atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠3412400–––
Nov 9atTexas A&ML 41–⁠5117551–––
Nov 16vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠2010250–––
Nov 23atArkansasW 24–⁠176320–––
Nov 28vs.Ole MissW 17–⁠101250–––
Dec 31 ✦vs.RiceW 44–⁠713470–––
2012 Mississippi State 12 games, 1,016 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Jackson StateW 56–⁠99582–––
Sep 8vs.AuburnW 28–⁠1014831–––
Sep 15atTroyW 30–⁠24231711485–
Sep 22vs.South AlabamaW 30–⁠1011691–––
Oct 6atKentuckyW 27–⁠14251101–––
Oct 13vs.TennesseeW 41–⁠31231001480–
Oct 20vs.Middle TennesseeW 45–⁠3201251122–
Oct 27atAlabamaL 7–⁠38153806108–
Nov 3vs.Texas A&ML 13–⁠3813420114–
Nov 17vs.ArkansasW 45–⁠1417910116–
Nov 24atOle MissL 24–⁠4116450–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠3419840–––
2011 Mississippi State 13 games, 422 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atMemphisW 59–⁠14350–––
Sep 10atAuburnL 34–⁠4111781237–
Sep 15vs.LSUL 6–⁠19470353–
Sep 24vs.Louisiana TechW 26–⁠2012470–––
Oct 1atGeorgiaL 10–⁠245140129–
Oct 8atUABW 21–⁠38430–––
Oct 15vs.South CarolinaL 12–⁠149460–––
Oct 29atKentuckyW 28–⁠164270128–
Nov 5vs.UT MartinW 55–⁠177450–––
Nov 12vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠2451004125–
Nov 19atArkansasL 17–⁠446210367–
Nov 26vs.Ole MissW 31–⁠37641111–
Dec 30 ✦vs.Wake ForestW 23–⁠176150113–
2010 Mississippi State 13 games, 566 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4vs.MemphisW 49–⁠78570126–
Sep 9vs.AuburnL 14–⁠173100–––
Sep 18atLSUL 7–⁠2910240–––
Sep 25vs.GeorgiaW 24–⁠124130–––
Oct 2vs.Alcorn StateW 49–⁠1610481–––
Oct 9atHoustonW 47–⁠2412781–––
Oct 16atFloridaW 10–⁠7150–––
Oct 23vs.UABW 29–⁠24181311133–
Oct 30vs.KentuckyW 24–⁠173110–––
Nov 13atAlabamaL 10–⁠308440241–
Nov 20vs.ArkansasL 31–⁠38270480–
Nov 27atOle MissW 31–⁠23139804653
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 52–⁠149400236–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′7⅜″
Weight195 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.57 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2016–⁠17CFLEdmonton Eskimos
2019AAFBirmingham Iron

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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