Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Baylor
Justin Akers
TE • 6'4" • Deer Park, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Justin Akers reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Player Story
Justin Akers built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Deer Park, TX wearing No. 14, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Justin Akers' career was his receiving role: 89 catches,...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2005
Justin Akers, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Baylor. Justin Akers reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 896
- Receptions
- 89
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Justin Akers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 896
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Baylor
- Top game
- UConn
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Deer Park · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Deer Park · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Class 2009
- 2009 Receiving yards rank
- 249 receiving yards · TE 55th (top 20%) · Big 12 57th (top 35%) · National 449th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Baylor | 4 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Baylor | 12 | 43 | 426 | 4 | 63.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Baylor | 8 | 14 | 167 | 2 | 48.6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Baylor | 12 | 27 | 249 | 1 | 44.5 |
Related Context
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Justin Akers played TE for Baylor. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin Akers recorded 896 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Baylor paired 426 primary output with 58.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2006 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 72.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2006 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
4
Receiving Yards / G
13.5
Efficiency
72.5
Usage
5.4
Consistency
82
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 13. Texas: 14. Kansas: 19. Texas A&M: 8
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 2 by 43.3. Texas: 1 by 93.3. Kansas: 1 by 100. Texas A&M: 1 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19 · Games = 1 · +7.3 vs Losses
Losses11.7 · Games = 3 · -7.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
Player Story
Justin Akers story
Justin Akers built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Deer Park, TX wearing No. 14, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Justin Akers' career was his receiving role: 89 catches, 896 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Baylor. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor.
The arc is straightforward: Justin Akers moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Baylor
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Baylor | 54 | 72.5 | 5.4 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Baylor | 426 | 58.6 | 14.2 | 372 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Baylor | 167 | 67.5 | 12 | -259 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Baylor | 249 | 51.9 | 9.8 | 82 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UConn
Week 4 · L 28-31
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
61
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
61 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Texas State
Week 3 · W 34-27
95
Receiving Yards
88.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
95 receiving yards with a 90.5 efficiency score.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · L 7-34 · Conference game
62
Receiving Yards
84 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 82.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ Buffalo
Week 4 · W 34-21
74
Receiving Yards
82.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
74 receiving yards with a 70.5 efficiency score.
#5
vs Texas
Week 8 · L 10-31 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
77.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 57 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Baylor
426 primary output · 58.6 efficiency · 14.2 usage
63.3
#2
2008 Regular Season · Baylor
48.6
167 primary · 67.5 efficiency · 12 usage
#3
2006 Regular Season · Baylor
46.3
54 primary · 72.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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