Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Nevada
Akeel Lynch
RB • 5'11" • Toronto, ON, Canada
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Akeel Lynch leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Akeel Lynch built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Toronto, ON wearing No. 22, spending time with Nevada and Penn State. The clearest part of Akeel Lynch's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Akeel Lynch, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Penn State. Akeel Lynch leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,424
- Rushing yards
- 1,347
- Receiving yards
- 77
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Akeel Lynch quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,424
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Francis · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- St. Francis · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 29 scrimmage yards · RB 481st (top 84%) · Mountain West 167th (top 82%) · National 1,831st (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 358 | 358 | 0 | 1 | 45.3 |
| 2014 Postseason | Penn State | 13 | 87 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 65.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 660 | 603 | 57 | 4 | 65.1 |
| 2015 Postseason | Penn State | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 286 | 278 | 8 | 2 | 39.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 4 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 |
Related Context
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Akeel Lynch played RB for Penn State and Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Akeel Lynch recorded 1,347 rushing yards, 77 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Penn State paired 747 primary output with 46.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2013 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
51.1
Efficiency
52.1
Usage
13.5
Consistency
42.6
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 108. UCF: 32. Kent State: 123. Indiana: 7. Ohio State: 35. Purdue: 44. Nebraska: 9
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. Eastern Michigan: 13 by 84.6. UCF: 5 by 66.7. Kent State: 14 by 86.6. Indiana: 3 by 24.3. Ohio State: 11 by 33.1. Purdue: 9 by 50.9. Nebraska: 5 by 18.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins91.7 · Games = 3 · +70.9 vs Losses
Losses20.8 · Games = 4 · -70.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
86.6 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | vs Nebraska | L 20-23 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Purdue | W 45-21 | 9 | 44 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sun 10/27 | @ Ohio State | L 14-63 | 11 | 35 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Indiana | L 24-44 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Kent State100 rush yards | W 34-0 | 14 | 123 | 8.80 | 0 | — | — | 8.8 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs UCF | L 31-34 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Eastern Michigan100 rush yards | W 45-7 | 13 | 108 | 8.30 | 1 | — | — | 8.3 |
Player Story
Akeel Lynch story
Akeel Lynch built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Toronto, ON wearing No. 22, spending time with Nevada and Penn State. The clearest part of Akeel Lynch's career was his backfield work: 1,347 rushing yards, 270 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 77 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 77 receiving yards and 38 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Akeel Lynch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Penn State
2012-2015
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2012201320142014201520152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Penn State | 358 | 52.1 | 13.5 | 358 |
| 2014 Postseason | Penn State | 747 | 46.9 | 22.1 | 389 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 747 | 46.9 | 22.1 | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Penn State | 290 | 47.8 | 15.3 | -457 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 290 | 47.8 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 29 | 43.7 | 3.8 | -261 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rutgers
Week 3 · W 28-3 · Conference game
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120
Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
120 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 13 · L 14-16 · Conference game
172
Scrimmage Yards
84.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
172 scrimmage yards and 56.6 usage.
#3
vs Temple
Week 12 · W 30-13
134
Scrimmage Yards
82.5 takeover
Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
134 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#4
vs Kent State
Week 4 · W 34-0
123
Scrimmage Yards
82.4 takeover
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.
#5
@ Temple
Week 1 · L 10-27
80
Scrimmage Yards
77.1 takeover
Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Penn State
747 primary output · 46.9 efficiency · 22.1 usage
65.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · Penn State
65.1
747 primary · 46.9 efficiency · 22.1 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Penn State
45.3
358 primary · 52.1 efficiency · 13.5 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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