Curtis Akins: LB · Memphis · #7.
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Curtis Akins
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Three seasons in the Memphis linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against UCF — Week 14, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
100 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Mercer | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-22@ Navy | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-22vs Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-35vs South Alabama | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-40@ Tulane | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-14vs UConn | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-31vs No. 10 UCF | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 33-65@ Missouri | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-41@ East Carolina | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 47-21vs Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-18@ SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-31vs Houston | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 41-56@ No. 7 UCF | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
 Bowl | L 34-37vs Wake Forest | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 62 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
100tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%3 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
1%1 pass breakups100 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Mike Norvell — 26-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 7.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Pass share
40.6%
413 pass / 604 run
Plays / game
72.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
100 tackles in 14 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Memphis, 262 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → Mike Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
