#11

Luke Akers

Senior punter for Northwestern. 2025: 45 yards per punt, 36 punts.

P · Northwestern · Sr. · #11

6′2″ · 200 lb · Nashville, TN

Returning to Northwestern for 2026

The numbers

45

yards per punt · 2025

36 punts · long of 59 · 10 inside the 20

Best game: 3 punts, 55.3 avg, vs Oregon

The story

4 punter for Northwestern. 2025: 45 yards per punt, 36 punts.

  • Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCLA in 2020.
  • Transferred from UCLA to Northwestern in 2022.
His career, year by year

How he plays

Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.

The full scouting read

Luke Akers

P · Northwestern · Sr · #11

Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. Across six seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Chip Kelly, Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun. He has two of these now, the latest Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week in 2024. The receipt: 2 tackles against Minnesota — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

  • positional archetype classification
  • head-coach lineage
  • recognition record
  • game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology