2025 games, yards per punt per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Luke Akers
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Chip Kelly, Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun. That makes two seasons with an honor, the latest Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week in 2024.
Play style
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
45.0 gross, but 10 of 36 inside the 20 (27.8%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Northwestern’s specialists
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Oct 29Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23@ Tulane | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 44 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-34vs No. 4 Oregon | 3 | 166 | 55.3 | 59 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs UCLA | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 50 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 22-21@ Penn State | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 49 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-0vs Purdue | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28@ Nebraska | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 36 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38@ No. 20 USC | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 51 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs No. 18 Michigan | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 50 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs Minnesota | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ Illinois | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 50 | 1 | |
| Total | 36 | 1619 | 45.0 | 59 | 10 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
28%10 of 36Touchback rate
14%5 of 36Yards / punt
45.036 puntsLong
59yards45.0 yards/punt on 36 punts · 28% placed inside the 20 · 5 touchbacks.
Northwestern carries two punters; Akers has taken all 36 punts. The No. 1,681 recruit in the country is punting in the Big Ten as a senior.
A stat line in 58 games over six seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Chip Kelly, Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun.
