Paul Perkins joins UCLA’s 1,000-yard single season rushing club

On just his second carry Saturday night, Paul Perkins became UCLA’s latest 1,000-yard rusher.

The redshirt sophomore entered the Bruins’ game against No. 14 Arizona needing four more yards to hit quadruple digits on the season. On his first touch, he cut upfield for three yards. On his second, another three.

He is the 13th UCLA player to ever run for 1,000 yards in one season, and the latest since Johnathan Franklin did so in 2012 with a single-season record of 1,734. Franklin, the program’s all-time leading rusher, also crossed 1,000 as a sophomore in 2010.