Linebacker, UCLA, 2007–10
Akeem Ayers
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Los Angeles, CA
- Born
- Jul 10, 1989
Akeem Ayers played linebacker at UCLA (2007–10). The Tennessee Titans took Ayers in round 2, No. 39 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2010; AP third team 2010
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009N | 13 | 55 | 20 | 75 | 14.5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 12 | 45 | 23 | 68 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| On file | 128 | 55 | 183 | 29.5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2010 UCLA 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
2009 UCLA 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | vs. Oregon | L 10–24 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | at Washington State | W 43–7 | 2 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Temple | W 30–21 | 1 |
2008 UCLA 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 20 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 | Combine or pro day 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 254 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 79¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.72 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.49 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 87 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 73 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 97 | 6 | 1 |
| 2013 | Tennessee Titans | 15 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | New England Patriots | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | St. Louis Rams | 14 | 47 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | New York Giants | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 87 | 311 | 15.5 | 4 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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