Player Dossier

2008-2010

UCLA

Akeem Ayers

LB • 6'4" • Los Angeles, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Akeem Ayers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Player Story

Akeem Ayers built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a linebacker from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Akeem Ayers' career was his defensive production: 6...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.9166

Verbum Dei · Los Angeles, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 7
Overall
No. 39
NFL Team
Tennessee Titans

Akeem Ayers, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · UCLA. Akeem Ayers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Akeem Ayers quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2009 Postseason · UCLA
Top game
Washington State
Recruit profile
4-star · Verbum Dei · UCLA
High school pipeline
Verbum Dei · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 2 · Pick 7 · Tennessee Titans
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonUCLA20-0--050
2009 PostseasonUCLA30-0--161.5
2009 Regular SeasonUCLA30-0--161.5
2010 Regular SeasonUCLA20-0--056.7

Related Context

Akeem Ayers played LB for UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Akeem Ayers recorded 7 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason

UCLA paired 4 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Postseason · UCLA

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Washington State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 1. Oregon: 1. Washington State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Washington State

Result
Tue 12/29@ TempleW 30-211
Sat 11/14@ Washington StateSplash gameW 43-72
Sat 10/10vs OregonL 10-241

Player Story

Akeem Ayers story

Akeem Ayers built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a linebacker from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Akeem Ayers' career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Akeem Ayers' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 7 rushing yards and 20 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 7 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.

The arc is straightforward: Akeem Ayers 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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    UCLA

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonUCLA00
2009 PostseasonUCLA426.74
2009 Regular SeasonUCLA426.70
2010 Regular SeasonUCLA220-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Washington State

Week 11 · W 43-7 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas

Week 4 · W 34-12

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Houston

Week 3 · W 31-13

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Temple

Week 1 · W 30-21 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 6 · L 10-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Postseason · UCLA

4 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · usage

61.5

#2

2009 Regular Season · UCLA

61.5

4 primary · 26.7 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · UCLA

56.7

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games