Ronnie Perkins

Ronnie Perkins was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round (96th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Ronnie Perkins was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round (96th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.

CAREER NOTES

• All-Big 12 Second Team selection by league's head coaches in 2019 and 2020.
• Earned three Big 12 championship rings and was part of two College Football Playoff squads in his three years at OU.
• Played in 33 career games (25 starts) and finished with 99 tackles, 32 tackles for loss (for 123 yards), 16½ sacks (for 85 yards), one forced fumble and 19 QB hurries.

SEASONAL REVIEWS

Junior Year – (2020):

• Played in the final six games of the season with five starts and recorded 24 tackles and 5½ sacks.
• Missed the first five games of the season. • Posted four tackles and 1½ sacks vs. Kansas (11/7).
• Totaled a season-high five tackles and two sacks vs. Oklahoma State (11/21).

Sophomore Year (2019):

• Started all 13 games as a sophomore and totaled 38 tackles, six sacks and one forced fumble.
• Recorded a season-high seven tackles, one sack and one forced fumble in the season-opener vs. Houston (9/1).
• Made five tackles and had a sack in his second consecutive game vs. Texas (10/12).
• Posted four tackles and a single-game career-high three sacks at Baylor (11/16).

Freshman Year (2018):

• Started seven of his 14 games as a true freshman in 2018 (named a Freshman All-American by ESPN) and logged 37 tackles, five sacks (for 25 yards) and four QB hurries.
• His five sacks led the team.
• Posted four tackles and two sacks against Baylor (9/29).
• Tallied four tackles and one sack in the Big 12 Championship Game win vs. Texas (12/1).

PERSONAL

• Attended Lutheran High School North in St. Louis, Missouri.
• As a senior in 2017, he was named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro football defensive player of the year.
• Played in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
• Majored in criminology at Oklahoma.