2019 Football Roster
Roster
Kevin Perkins
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Tunica, Miss.
- High School:
- Rosa Fort HS
- Prev School:
- Northwest MS CC
2019 (RS Junior): Played in all 13 games … Finished as the team’s leading rusher, recording 547 yards on 103 carries for a 5.3 yards per carry average ... Collected season-high 94 yards on six carries against UAB (11/9) on the strength of the longest rush of the year by the team of 79 yards ... Had 60 or more rushing yards four times during the year.
2018 (Junior College): Appeared in eight games, rushing 59 times for 179 yards and eight touchdowns ... Had two scores against Mississippi Delta CC and three more versus Co-Lin the following week … Was a member of the Troy football program between the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
2017 (Junior College): Saw action in all 11 games as the Rangers’ primary back, earning the start in eight...Second Team All-MACJC...the MACJC’s fifth-leading rusher with 884 yards and 12 touchdowns...averaged 5.4 yards per carry...went over the century mark four times, including a season-high 116 yards and three scores against EMCC in the MACJC Championship Game...11 of his 12 TD’s came over a five-game stretch...rushed a season-high 24 times for 107 yards in the Graphic Edge Bowl...added three receptions for 28 yards...fall 2017 Vice President’s List honoree...redshirted his true freshman season...2016-17 MACJC All-Academic Team.
Prep: Played for head coach Edwin Norwood at Rosa Fort...helped the Lions to a 9-3 overall record and the second round of the Class 4A state playoffs as a senior...finished with 127 carries for 1,288 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior...added 26 completions for 484 yards and two touchdowns through the air...received first team all-state recognition and was the team’s leading rusher...was the only senior that kept a 3.8 GPA or better...recruited by Central Arkansas, Southeastern Louisiana, Southeast Missouri, Jackson State and several Mississippi junior colleges.
Personal: Son of Sonia Robinson and Kevin Perkins, Sr...has two younger siblings, Asianae Levy (18) and Lillian Smith (9)...nickname is “KP”... born February 28, 1998.
