Paul Perkins might not be the flashiest running back around, but the redshirt sophomore is just four yards away from becoming UCLA’s 13th 1,000-yard rusher.
He’ll likely hit that mark on his very first carry at the Rose Bowl this Saturday. The last two Bruins to reach the milestone were all-time leading rusher Johnathan Franklin (in both 2012 and 2010) and Chris Markey (2006).
Perkins is currently second in the Pac-12 with 124.5 yards per game, which puts him on pace to rush for 1,618 yards through the regular season plus a bowl game. That would be the second-best single-season mark in school history, behind Franklin’s 1,734.
See the full list of UCLA’s all-time 1,000-yard seasons below:
Johnathan Franklin | 2012 | 282 | 1,734 |
Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 1995 | 296 | 1,571 |
Gaston Green | 1986 | 253 | 1,405 |
Freeman McNeil | 1979 | 271 | 1,396 |
Wendell Tyler | 1975 | 208 | 1,388 |
Theotis Brown | 1978 | 211 | 1,283 |
Skip Hicks | 1997 | 258 | 1,282 |
Karim Abdul-Jabbar | 1994 | 210 | 1,227 |
Kevin Williams | 1991 | 191 | 1,141 |
Kermit Johnson | 1973 | 150 | 1,129 |
Johnathan Franklin | 2010 | 214 | 1,127 |
DeShaun Foster | 2001 | 216 | 1,109 |
Chris Markey | 2006 | 227 | 1,107 |
Freeman McNeil | 1980 | 203 | 1,105 |
Gaston Green | 1987 | 206 | 1,098 |
Theotis Brown | 1976 | 200 | 1,092 |
DeShaun Foster | 2000 | 269 | 1,037 |
Skip Hicks | 1996 | 224 | 1,034 |
Maurice Jones-Drew | 2004 | 160 | 1,007 |
Wendell Tyler | 1976 | 181 | 1,003 |