RB · Cincinnati Bengals · #34

Samaje Perine

RB2

College: Oklahoma
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 240 lb
Experience: 10th season

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Season

EPA / carry

−0.07▼ 0.07 vs '25

16th of 28 RBs

Success rate

45.2%▼ 9.6 vs '25

8th of 28 RBs

RYOE / carry

–

14th of 28 RBs

Yards per carry

4.06▼ 0.48 vs '25

19th of 28 RBs

Receiving

61 yds+0.40 EPA/TGT

7 rec · 10 tgt · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 27 qualifying running backs on the 2026 leaderboard plus Perine.

Week-by-week

EPA per carry by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Rushing−2.2

Receiving+4.0

Net+1.8

Best game · Wk 5 @ MIA

Carries

Rush yds

Total TD

+2.1

Rush EPA

+0.15

EPA/carry

Rec yds

2026 game log

	Rushing							Receiving
Game	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
Wk 1 vs TBW	5	20	4.00	0	−0.6	−0.11	20.0	3	3	30	0	+1.04
Wk 2 @ HOUW	2	6	3.00	0	−0.9	−0.46	0.0	1	1	16	0	+2.52
Wk 3 @ PITL	3	9	3.00	0	−0.3	−0.09	33.3	3	1	5	0	−1.40
Wk 4 vs JAXL	3	7	2.33	0	−2.1	−0.70	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.52
Wk 5 @ MIAW	14	68	4.86	0	+2.1	+0.15	64.3	2	2	10	1	+1.54
Wk 7 @ BALW	4	16	4.00	1	−0.5	−0.13	75.0	0	0	0	0	–
Season	31	126	4.06	1	−2.2	−0.07	45.2	10	7	61	1	+0.40

How he compares

2026 running backs who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2025 with Bengals

$3.6Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $1.8M
Guaranteed: $400K 11%
2026 cap hit: $2M 0.6% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2026

2025

2026 · now

Year 2 of 2 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Rushing						Receiving
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Scrimmage yardsRushing plus receiving yards.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
2026	6	+1.8	187	31	126	4.06	1	−0.07	45.2	10	7	61	1	+0.40
2025	15	−2.8	469	84	382	4.55	3	0.00	54.8	21	17	87	0	−0.12
2024	17	+14.1	414	20	92	4.60	1	−0.03	45.0	35	28	322	1	+0.42
2023	17	+2.6	693	53	238	4.49	1	−0.18	37.7	56	50	455	0	+0.22
2022	16	+2.5	681	95	394	4.15	2	−0.04	42.1	51	38	287	4	+0.13
2021	15	−0.2	442	55	246	4.47	1	−0.12	34.5	31	27	196	1	+0.21
2020	14	−0.5	367	63	301	4.78	3	−0.02	42.9	12	11	66	0	+0.05
2019	5	−0.3	16	5	16	3.20	0	−0.07	40.0	0	0	0	0	–
2018	4	−4.0	37	8	32	4.00	0	+0.04	50.0	4	3	5	0	−1.09
2017	13	−26.3	785	175	603	3.45	1	−0.21	28.6	24	22	182	1	+0.43
Career	122	−13.1	4,091	589	2,430	4.13	13	−0.10	39.2	244	203	1,661	8	+0.20