Perine joins West Virginia safety Marvin Gross and running back Justin Crawford, as well as Barry J. Sanders, a kick-returner for Oklahoma State as Big 12 Players of the Week for the final weekend of the 2016 regular season.
With Oklahoma turning heavily to its running game on a cold, rainy afternoon and the bruising, smash-mouth style Perine provides, the Sooners’ No. 1 running back pounded the Oklahoma State defense for 239 total yards on the ground and averaged 6.5 yards per carry on 37 rushing attempts.
Perine was held to just 35 net rushing yards in the opening half, but his 66-yard dash on the very first play of the second half set the Sooners up for a go-ahead touchdown and a lead they never surrendered in a 38-20 Bedlam win that also clinched OU’s 10th Big 12 championship.