It was a compensatory pick the team received for losing Tom Brady to the Bucs last year. Perkins was a highly sought-after four-star prospect who was rated as the fifth best weak side DE and 57th overall recruit from the 2018 recruiting class. He wasted no time making an impact, starting seven of the last eight games of his first season on campus, recording 37 tackles and five sacks while receiving freshman All-American recognition from ESPN. The St. Louis native went on to have a storied three year career at Oklahoma, registering 95 tackles and 16.5 sacks while receiving back to back second-team All-Big 12 recognition in 2018 and 2019. He’s a little small to hold up as a full time defensive end in run support, but Perkins consistently seems to play with a physicality above his stature, stifling much larger tackles thanks to his bear-like hand strength.