Cincinnati Bengals · RB · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Oklahoma (2017 Round 4, Pick 114)

Samaje Perine

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30.0

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #50 of 65 qualified RBs

Carries & share: 3522.9% team carries
Rushing yards: 1363.89 YPC
Rushing TD: 119.4 rush yds/G
Receiving: 8/11 · 70 yds1 rec TD · 35% snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.05735 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 45.7%Play-by-play positive EPA

Samaje Perine among the 65 qualified running backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Gibbs95.7
Walker III91.8
Warren88.1
Hubbard86.3
Robinson85.0
Cook81.0
Taylor78.4
McCaffrey75.8
Irving74.6
Perine#5030.0

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 65 qualified RBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Carry share25% weight · Raw 22.9% → Shrunk 29.0%

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Target share15% weight · Raw 4.2% → Shrunk 5.4%

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Rushing yards per game, regressed20% weight · Raw 3.89 → Shrunk 28.72

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Receiving yards per game, regressed11% weight · Raw 6.36 → Shrunk 10.65

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Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game7% weight · Raw +0.446 → Shrunk +0.076

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Early-down opponent-adjusted rushing EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.107 → Shrunk −0.541

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.37 → Shrunk 23.40

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Positive-EPA run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 45.7% → Shrunk 39.9%

71thpercentile

10+ yard run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 8.6% → Shrunk 9.2%

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Yards / run, regressed3% weight · Raw 3.89 → Shrunk 4.14

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Samaje Perine. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs TB	W 33-27	5	20	0	3/3	30	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ HOU	W 20-6	2	6	0	1/1	16	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ PIT	L 27-30	3	9	0	1/3	5	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs JAX	L 17-22	3	7	0	0/1	0	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ MIA	W 31-24	14	68	0	2/2	10	1
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ BAL	W 35-13	4	16	1	0/0	0	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs TEN	W 43-36	4	10	0	1/1	9	0

College to the NFL: Oklahoma to Cincinnati Bengals

Verified identity bridge linking Samaje Perine's college regular-season yards at Oklahoma to official NFL game lines.

Oklahoma (College yards)

1,5792014

1,2912015

9742016

114114th pick
2017 Draft

CIN (NFL yards)

6032017

322018

162019

3012020

2462021

3942022

2382023

922024

3822025

1362026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2017	WAS	16	175	603	1	22/24	182	1
2018	WAS	5	8	32	0	3/4	5	0
2019	CIN/MIA	7	5	16	0	0/0	0	0
2020	CIN	16	63	301	3	11/12	66	0
2021	CIN	16	55	246	1	27/31	196	1
2022	CIN	16	95	394	2	38/51	287	4
2023	DEN	17	53	238	1	50/56	455	0
2024	KC	17	20	92	1	28/35	322	1
2025	CIN	15	84	382	3	17/21	87	0
2026 (so far)	CIN	7	35	136	1	8/11	70	1

Compare Samaje Perine with top running backs

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Samaje Perine vs. Jahmyr Gibbs (DET)Score 30.0 vs. 95.7 Samaje Perine vs. Kenneth Walker III (KC)Score 30.0 vs. 91.8 Samaje Perine vs. Jaylen Warren (PIT)Score 30.0 vs. 88.1 Samaje Perine vs. Chuba Hubbard (CAR)Score 30.0 vs. 86.3 Samaje Perine vs. Bijan Robinson (ATL)Score 30.0 vs. 85.0 Samaje Perine vs. James Cook (BUF)Score 30.0 vs. 81.0