Usage / Role
72%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2012Purdue
Akeem Shavers
RB • 5'11" • Texarkana, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Akeem Shavers leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
93
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Akeem Shavers built his college career from 2011 through 2012 as a running back from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Akeem Shavers' career was his backfield work: 1,390...
Read the storyAkeem Shavers, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Purdue. Akeem Shavers leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,818
- Rushing yards
- 1,390
- Receiving yards
- 428
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Akeem Shavers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,818
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2012 Postseason · Purdue
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,241 scrimmage yards · RB 42nd (top 9%) · Big Ten 7th (top 4%) · National 65th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Purdue | 12 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 428 | 370 | 58 | 7 | 46.7 |
| 2012 Postseason | Purdue | 13 | 147 | 93 | 54 | 0 | 74.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 13 | 1,094 | 778 | 316 | 9 | 74.1 |
Related Context
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Akeem Shavers played RB for Purdue. Across 2 tracked seasons, Akeem Shavers recorded 1,390 rushing yards, 428 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason
Purdue paired 1,241 primary output with 59.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 59.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Postseason · Purdue
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
95.5
Efficiency
59.1
Usage
25.9
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 147. Eastern Kentucky: 81. Notre Dame: 59. Eastern Michigan: 65. Marshall: 73. Michigan: 54. Wisconsin: 50. Ohio State: 123. Minnesota: 90. Penn State: 57. Iowa: 118. Illinois: 99. Indiana: 225
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 18 by 75.5. Eastern Kentucky: 12 by 70.2. Notre Dame: 13 by 38.2. Eastern Michigan: 12 by 57.6. Marshall: 25 by 30.4. Michigan: 10 by 43.8. Wisconsin: 9 by 57.9. Ohio State: 10 by 76.8. Minnesota: 12 by 75.6. Penn State: 7 by 83.9. Iowa: 20 by 48.1. Illinois: 22 by 48.2. Indiana: 29 by 61.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins110.2 · Games = 6 · +27.3 vs Losses
Losses82.9 · Games = 7 · -27.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
83.9 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | @ Oklahoma State | L 14-58 | 14 | 93 | 6.60 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 8.2 |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Indiana100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 56-35 | 27 | 126 | 4.70 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 7.8 |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Illinois | W 20-17 | 21 | 99 | 4.70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Iowa | W 27-24 | 17 | 64 | 3.80 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 5.9 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Penn State | L 9-34 | 7 | 57 | 8.10 | 0 | — | — | 8.1 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Minnesota | L 28-44 | 11 | 78 | 7.10 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7.5 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Ohio State | L 22-29 | 7 | 30 | 4.30 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 12.3 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Wisconsin | L 14-38 | 9 | 50 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Michigan | L 13-44 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Marshall | W 51-41 | 25 | 73 | 2.90 | 1 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 54-16 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Notre Dame | L 17-20 | 12 | 37 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 48-6 | 11 | 74 | 6.70 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6.8 |
Player Story
Akeem Shavers story
Akeem Shavers built his college career from 2011 through 2012 as a running back from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Akeem Shavers' career was his backfield work: 1,390 rushing yards, 292 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 428 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Purdue. 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 428 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Akeem Shavers 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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Purdue
2011-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Purdue | 577 | 43.3 | 16.6 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Purdue | 577 | 43.3 | 16.6 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Purdue | 1,241 | 59.1 | 25.9 | 664 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 1,241 | 59.1 | 25.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 37-32 · Postseason
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
149
Scrimmage Yards
87.7 takeover
149 scrimmage yards and 32.4 usage.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 13 · W 56-35 · Conference game
225
Scrimmage Yards
87.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
225 scrimmage yards and 49.2 usage.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1 · L 14-58 · Postseason
147
Scrimmage Yards
76.5 takeover
Loss with 147 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
147 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
64.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
99 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 11 · W 27-24 · Conference game
118
Scrimmage Yards
60.7 takeover
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Postseason · Purdue
1,241 primary output · 59.1 efficiency · 25.9 usage
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#2
2012 Regular Season · Purdue
74.1
1,241 primary · 59.1 efficiency · 25.9 usage
#3
2011 Postseason · Purdue
46.7
577 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 16.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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