Donald Anthony Perkins
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: March 4, 1938 in Waterloo, IA
College: New Mexico (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 9th round (106th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 71 (581st overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #432. Darren Woodson… #433. Bill Stanfill… #434. Freeman McNeil… #435. DON PERKINS… #436. Kenny Easley… #437. Michael Carter… #438. Keena Turner… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1961* | 23 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 815 | 4 | 47 | 4.1 | 58.2 | 14.3 | 32 | 298 | 9.3 | 1 | 38 | 2.3 | 21.3 | 1113 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 1962*+ | 24 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 222 | 945 | 7 | 35 | 4.3 | 67.5 | 15.9 | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 1049 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 1963* | 25 | DAL | FB | 43 | 11 | 10 | 149 | 614 | 7 | 19 | 4.1 | 55.8 | 13.5 | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 0 | 19 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 698 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 1964 | 26 | DAL | FB | 43 | 13 | 0 | 174 | 768 | 6 | 59 | 4.4 | 59.1 | 13.4 | 15 | 155 | 10.3 | 0 | 37 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 923 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 1965 | 27 | DAL | FB | 43 | 13 | 0 | 177 | 690 | 0 | 43 | 3.9 | 53.1 | 13.6 | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 0 | 27 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 832 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1966* | 28 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 14 | 186 | 726 | 8 | 24 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 13.3 | 23 | 231 | 10.0 | 0 | 39 | 1.6 | 16.5 | 957 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 1967* | 29 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 201 | 823 | 6 | 30 | 4.1 | 58.8 | 14.4 | 18 | 116 | 6.4 | 0 | 15 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 939 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 1968* | 30 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 191 | 836 | 4 | 28 | 4.4 | 59.7 | 13.6 | 17 | 180 | 10.6 | 2 | 24 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 1016 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Career | 107 | 24 | 1500 | 6217 | 42 | 59 | 4.1 | 58.1 | 14.0 | 146 | 1310 | 9.0 | 3 | 39 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 7527 | 45 | 18 | 85 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1961* | 23 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1962*+ | 24 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 26 | DAL | FB | 43 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 27 | DAL | FB | 43 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1966* | 28 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1967* | 29 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1968* | 30 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 107 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1961* | 23 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1962*+ | 24 | DAL | HB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1963* | 25 | DAL | FB | 43 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 26 | DAL | FB | 43 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1966* | 28 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1967* | 29 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1968* | 30 | DAL | FB | 43 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| Career | 107 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 270 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1962 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1962 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1962 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1967 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1967 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |