Well, he looked plenty fast on that play.

Three months after he told assembled media during SEC Media Days Auburn didn’t want him because he was too slow, Mobile native Lamical Perine showed Gus Malzahn and the Auburn defense he is more than fast enough.

The fourth-year Florida running back was the proverbial nail in the coffin Saturday when he and the No. 10 Gators defeated No. 7 Auburn 24-13 at The Swamp.

With 9:04 left in the game and Florida leading 17-13, Perine bounced off K.J. Britt, made another defender miss, then outran the Auburn defense for an 88-yard run for the final score of the game.

LAMICAL PERINE 88 YARDS TO THE HOUSE.

THE SWAMP IS ROCKING. pic.twitter.com/ZkbQ30mtsd — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 5, 2019

“They probably thought I was a little bit too slow,” Perine told Edgar Thompson of The Orlando Sentinel. "I showed them today.’ Perine added, per Thompson, he ‘had tears in my eyes’ after scoring.

#Gators RB Lamical Perine (@LP_deucedeuce) has a special message for his doubters. pic.twitter.com/jYvXqsL7Sl — Jacquie Franciulli (@JacquieFran_) October 5, 2019

“Lamical’s daddy played at Auburn,” Perine’s high school coach, Theodore’s Eric Collier, told AL.com after the game. “Sure, if they would have come in and offered him, he would’ve loved to play ball there. They told him and me both he wasn’t fast enough.

“I’ll be honest with you: Karma’s tough.”

Prior to the run, Florida had just 40 rushing yards.

Perine finished with 130 yards on 14 carries. The Gators finished with just 132 yards.

“Lamical’s always been fast enough,” Collier said. “He’s always had great hands. He’s a great young man, and I’m proud of him.”

In July, Perine didn’t shy away from expressing how he feels about Auburn.

“I’m not an Auburn fan at all,” Perine said in July. “They recruited me a little bit. But I didn’t have an offer from them. They told me I was too slow. You can tell on my film, you can tell I’m not that slow. They had their opinion.”

On Saturday, opinions may have changed.

This game was personal for Lamical Perine.



14-130-1 TD pic.twitter.com/WfAJqMb7Oo — Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) October 5, 2019

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.