Senior wide receiver for Iowa State. 2020: 18 catches, 269 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′1″ · 191 lb · Cedar Rapids, IA
The story
4 wide receiver for Iowa State. 2020: 18 catches, 269 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2463 nationally · Signed with Iowa State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonLanden Akers
2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at Iowa State since. One game to point at: 76 rec yds, 6 receptions against Kansas — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa State, 593 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 32-19 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec tds (26th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 48.7 | 17.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 32.2 | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 24.8 | 12.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Iowa State | 18 | 269 | 14.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Iowa State | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | 10 | 181 | 18.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 38 | 593 | 15.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | 18 | -- |
| 2019 | Iowa State | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | -- | -- | 293 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 8 | 293 | 18 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-31vs Louisiana | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-34@ TCU | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-30vs Oklahoma | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-15vs Texas Tech | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-22@ Kansas | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 38-31vs Baylor | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-20@ Texas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-6vs West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 16 | L 21-27vs Oklahoma | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 17 | 253 | 16.8 | 1 | 49 |