Senior defensive back on Central Michigan's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 180 lb · Penn Hills, PA
The story
4 defensive back on Central Michigan's 2025 roster.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 3023 nationally · Signed with Penn Hills
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonAakeem Snell
Aakeem Snell has been at Central Michigan through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against San José State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Matt Drinkall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14@ San José State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Central Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Central Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #95