Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Iowa State
Landen Akers
WR • 6'1" • 191 lbs • Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Landen Akers reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Landen Akers built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 82, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Landen Akers' career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Landen Akers, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Iowa State. Landen Akers reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 593
- Receptions
- 38
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Landen Akers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 593
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Iowa State
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Washington · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Washington · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Senior
- 2020 Receiving yards rank
- 269 receiving yards · WR 268th (top 30%) · Big 12 27th (top 17%) · National 318th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa State | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 34.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa State | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 9 | 9 | 176 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 9 | 109 | 0 | 35 |
| 2020 Postseason | Iowa State | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 17 | 253 | 1 | 63.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Landen Akers
Landen Akers played WR for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Landen Akers recorded 8 rushing yards, 593 receiving yards, and 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Iowa State paired 269 primary output with 77.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 77.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 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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2020 Postseason · Iowa State
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
26.9
Efficiency
77.2
Usage
8.9
Consistency
46
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. Oregon: 16. Louisiana: 0. TCU: 60. Oklahoma: 35. Texas Tech: 34. Kansas: 76. Baylor: 11. Texas: 10. West Virginia: 2. Oklahoma: 25
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. Oregon: 1 by 100. TCU: 2 by 100. Oklahoma: 1 by 100. Texas Tech: 4 by 56.7. Kansas: 6 by 84.4. Baylor: 1 by 73.3. Texas: 1 by 66.7. West Virginia: 1 by 13.3. Oklahoma: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins30.5 · Games = 8 · +18 vs Losses
Losses12.5 · Games = 2 · -18 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Oregon
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | vs Oregon | W 34-17 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 12/19 | vs Oklahoma | L 21-27 | — | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 12/5 | vs West Virginia | W 42-6 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Texas | W 23-20 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 11/8 | vs Baylor | W 38-31 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Kansas | W 52-22 | — | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Texas Tech | W 31-15 | — | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Oklahoma | W 37-30 | — | 1 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ TCU | W 37-34 | — | 2 | 60 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 49 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Louisiana | L 14-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Landen Akers story
Landen Akers built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 82, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Landen Akers' career was his receiving role: 38 catches, 593 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 8 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 rushing yards, 19 tackles, and 311 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Landen Akers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820182019201920202020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa State | 34 | 100 | 5.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 34 | 100 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa State | 181 | 71.1 | 6.8 | 147 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 181 | 71.1 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 109 | 69 | 5.8 | -72 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 109 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Iowa State | 269 | 77.2 | 8.9 | 160 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa State | 269 | 77.2 | 8.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 9 · W 52-22 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
88.1 takeover
76 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.
#2
vs Kansas
Week 7 · W 45-0 · Conference game
34
Receiving Yards
72.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 6 · W 48-42 · Conference game
55
Receiving Yards
72.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ TCU
Week 4 · W 37-34 · Conference game
60
Receiving Yards
72 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs TCU
Week 6 · W 49-24 · Conference game
32
Receiving Yards
66.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Iowa State
269 primary output · 77.2 efficiency · 8.9 usage
63.2
#2
2020 Regular Season · Iowa State
63.2
269 primary · 77.2 efficiency · 8.9 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Iowa State
49.5
181 primary · 71.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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