Running back for Northwestern. 2017: 36 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
5′9″ · 188 lb · Ballston Lake, NY
The story
2017 running back for Northwestern. 2017: 36 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCorey Acker
He has spent three seasons in the Northwestern backfield. The receipt on tape: 24 rush yds, 1 tackles against Minnesota, Week 12, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 116 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 27-12 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.0 | 24.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.0 | 14.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 8 | 82 | 10.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 16 | 116 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs Penn State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-21@ Maryland | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-24@ Nebraska | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13vs Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-0vs Minnesota | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | 24 | Season-high 24 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 42-7@ Illinois | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 4 | 36 | 14.0 | 1 | 24 |