Senior defensive back on Florida State's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 191 lb · Pahokee, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 50 nationally · Signed with Florida State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Florida State's roster.
Akeem Dent
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons at Florida State, two different head coaches: Willie Taggart and Mike Norvell. His first career honor landed in 2021: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Louisville — Week 14, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida State, 179 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Mike Norvell. 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: qb hurries (24th 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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #339 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Florida State | 43 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 50 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida State | 44 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Florida State | 35 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Career | 179 | 103 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 16 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 45–24
vs LSU
1 SOLO · 5 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against LSU.
With J. Travis — 342 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 93.8 · 38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · A. Mastromanno — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-24vs LSU | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-17vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-20vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16@ Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-13vs North Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-15@ Florida | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 16-6vs Louisville | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ajani Carter’s 2021 season.
Matches Ajani on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Hansen's graduate season at Northern Illinois (2023).
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Player DNA