Running back for Nevada. 2016: 29 rushing yards.
5′11″ · Toronto, ON
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 390 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 running back for Nevada. 2016: 29 rushing yards.
Akeel Lynch
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: James Franklin and Brian Polian. One game to point at: 21 rush yds against Cal Poly — Week 1, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nevada, 989 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Polian.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 21.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nevada | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | 55 | 282 | 5.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2014 | Penn State | 147 | 678 | 4.6 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 210 | 989 | 4.7 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nevada | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2014 | Penn State | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016
W 30–27
vs Cal Poly
21 rush yds (4 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With A. Boy — 45 AVG · 71 LONG · 5 NO · T. Stewart — 189 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.9 · 31 rush yds (8 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-27vs Cal Poly | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 8 | Season-high 21 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 10-39@ Notre Dame | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-24@ Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ Hawai'i | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 29 | 4.2 | 0 | 8 |