Ronnie Perkins

BIOGRAPHY

Ronnie Perkins was born September 29, 1999, in St. Louis, Missouri. He 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. He played in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Perkins committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.

As a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2018, Perkins started seven games and recorded 37 tackles and five sacks. He started all 13 games he played in his sophomore year before being suspended for the 2019 Peach Bowl due to a failed drug test. He finished the season with 38 tackles and six sacks. The suspension continued five games into his junior year in 2020As a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2018, Perkins started seven games and recorded 37 tackles and five sacks. He started all 13 games he played in his sophomore year before being suspended for the 2019 Peach Bowl due to a failed drug test. He finished the season with 38 tackles and six sacks. The suspension continued five games into his junior year in 2020.