Cam Akers

RB

#22

Experience: 4 years

Height: 5-10

Age: 25

Weight: 217 lbs

College: Florida State

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WK	OPP	RESULT	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LOST

Career Stats

RBFB Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LOST
2020	Los Angeles Rams	13	5	145	625	4.3	2	11	123	11.2	38	1	1	1
2021	Los Angeles Rams	1	0	5	3	0.6	0	3	10	3.3	6	0
2022	Los Angeles Rams	15	9	188	786	4.2	7	13	117	9	18	0	2	2
2023	Los Angeles Rams	1	1	22	29	1.3	1
2023	Minnesota Vikings	6	0	38	138	3.6	1	11	70	6.4	30	0
TOTAL		36	15	398	1581	4	11	38	320	6	38	1	3	3

Biography

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft...Placed on Reserve/NFI on Aug. 31, 2021....Activated from Reserve/NFI on Dec. 25, 2021...Traded to the Minnesota Vikings from the Rams on Sept. 21, 2023...Placed on Reserve/Injured by the Vikings on Nov. 8, 2023...Signed by the Houston Texans on July 22, 2024

CAREER:

Played in 36 games (15 starts) between stints with the Rams (2020-23) and Vikings (2023). He rushed 398 times for 1,581 yards (4.0 avg.) and 11 touchdowns. He's reeled in 38 catches for 320 yards (8.4 avg.) and one touchdown. He has seen action in six postseason contests (five starts), recording 113 rushes for 393 yards (3.5 avg.) and two touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 127 yards (11.5 avg.)
Was part of the Los Angeles Rams team that won Super Bowl LVI. He led the team with 13 rushes for 21 yards (1.6 avg.)

2023 (Los Angeles Rams 1/1, Minnesota Vikings 6/0):

Appeared in seven games and recorded 38 carriers for 138 yards (3.6 avg.) and a touchdown, adding 70 yards on 11 receptions in 2023 before suffering a season-ending achilles injury at Atlanta (11/5)
Totaled a season-high 61 total yards vs. San Francisco (10/23)

2022 (Los Angeles Rams 15/9):

Recorded 786 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 188 carries (4.2 avg.)
Was the first Rams running back to post three-straight games with at least 100-yard rushing performances in the same season since Todd Gurley in 2015 (Weeks 16-18).

2021 (Los Angeles Rams 1/0, 4/3):

Appeared in five games (regular season and playoffs), totaling 175 rushing yards on 72 carries
Underwent surgery on his torn achilles, which he suffered in July 2021 and returned to action in less than six months in time for the team's playoff run that resulted in a victory in Super Bowl LVI

2020 (Los Angeles Rams 13/5, 2/2):

Rushed for 625 yards and two touchdowns on 145 rushing attempts during his rookie season.
Recorded 131 rushing yards and a touchdown against the Seahawks in his first-career playoff game (1/9/21).
Reached the end zone in three-consecutive games during the 2023 season.

COLLEGE:

Spent three seasons at Florida State, averaging 958 rushing yards per season, a mark that ranked third in program history. Recorded 2,874 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns in his career.
Ranked fifth all-time at FSU with 586 rushing attempts, and his 2,874 rushing yards and 11 100-yard games were sixth on FSU's all-time lists.
Third Seminole in program history with multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons, joining Warrick Dunn and Dalvin Cook.
Chose Florida State over Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia among several others.

PERSONAL:

Prepped at Clinton (Miss.) High School and led the Arrows to the Class 6A State Championship in 2016 – Clinton's first state title in football.
Five-star recruit. Ranked No. 2 nationally and was the No. 1 running back per 247Sports Composite. No. 1 running back and the No. 3 prospect in the nation by both Rivals and Scout.
Finished his four-year varsity career by passing for 8,140 yards and 78 touchdowns, while rushing for 5,103 yards and 71 scores.
Participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and Nike's 'The Opening.'
Was awarded the U.S. Army Player of the Year Award as the nation's most outstanding high school senior football player.