FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – From walk-on to scholarship to starter.
NM State redshirt senior defensive back Austin Perkins is a nominee for the 2019 Burlsworth Trophy. A record 83 nominees for this year's award, which is presented to the most outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on, were announced Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Perkins, who was awarded a scholarship in the fall of 2017, started six of the Aggies' first eight games this season before suffering a hand injury, which has kept him out for the past two contests. Despite missing time, the Tuscon, Ariz.