Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Northern Illinois
Devon Akers
TE • 6'7" • 223 lbs • Ankeny, IA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Devon Akers reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
3★
- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Devon Akers, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Devon Akers reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 7
- Receptions
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Devon Akers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 1 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ankeny · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Ankeny · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 86 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 7 receiving yards · TE 428th (top 91%) · Mid-American 177th (top 92%) · National 1,997th (top 91%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 65.7 |
Related Context
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Devon Akers played TE for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Devon Akers recorded 7 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 7 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 46.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
1
Receiving Yards / G
7
Efficiency
46.7
Usage
4.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Split Comparison
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All Games7 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Ohio
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ohio | L 21-48 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 7 | 46.7 | 4.8 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 84 Ohio
Week 8 · L 21-48 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
54.2 takeover
7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
7 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · 4.8 usage
65.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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