Don Perkins
Donald Anthony Perkins
Born: March 4, 1938
Waterloo, IA USA
Deceased: June 9, 2022
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 204
College: New Mexico
High School: West (Waterloo, IA)
Career: 1961-1968
Drafted: 1960 in Round 9, #106 overall by the Baltimore Colts
Don Perkins played from 1961 to 1968 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys. Perkins ran for 6,217 yards in his career on 1,500 attempts, scoring 42 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 146 passes for 1,310 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 200 | 815 | 4.1 | 47 | 4 |
| 1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 222 | 945 | 4.3 | 35 | 7 |
| 1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 149 | 614 | 4.1 | 19 | 7 |
| 1964 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 174 | 768 | 4.4 | 59 | 6 |
| 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 177 | 690 | 3.9 | 43 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 186 | 726 | 3.9 | 24 | 8 |
| 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 201 | 823 | 4.1 | 30 | 6 |
| 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 191 | 836 | 4.4 | 28 | 4 |
| Totals | 1500 | 6217 | 4.1 | 59 | 42 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 32 | 298 | 9.3 | 38 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 155 | 10.3 | 37 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 27 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 23 | 231 | 10.0 | 39 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 18 | 116 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 180 | 10.6 | 24 | 2 |
| Totals | 146 | 1310 | 9.0 | 39 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1967 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 10 |
| 1964 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 14 |
| 1967 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1961 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1968 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
