Last confirmed: Purdue, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Covington, GA · Newton
Akeem Hunt: RB · Purdue · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Akeem Hunt
Wins in space out of the backfield. A game that shows it: 177 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against Illinois — Week 6, 2014.
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 27.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.5% of his carries. 3 carries for 9 yds vs Central Michigan; 30 for 177 vs Illinois.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
45.9% of carries overall (170/370) → 45.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/48) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (83.3%). 3 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (17.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Purdue | 173 | 949 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Career | 173 | 949 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Purdue | 48 | 293 | 6.1 | 2 |
| Career | 48 | 293 | 6.1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-34vs Western Michigan | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-38vs Central Michigan | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-30@ No. 11 Notre Dame | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-13vs Southern Illinois | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-24vs Iowa | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-27@ Illinois | 30 | 177 | 5.9 | 1 | 54 | Season-high 177 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 31-45vs No. 8 Michigan State | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 3 | 52 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 8 | L 38-39@ Minnesota | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-35@ No. 17 Nebraska | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-34vs No. 25 Wisconsin | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38vs Northwestern | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-23@ Indiana | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 1 | 82 | 171-yard day |
| Total | 173 | 949 | 5.5 | 6 | 82 |
Week 7 · 2014
L 31-45
96 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD
With T. Meadows — 41.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20 · A. Appleby — 211 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 28.2
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
40%172 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.5 yds/carry on 173 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 57.9 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 128 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 77.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 81.4 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Darrell Hazell
Pass share
52.4%
434 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
69.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
459 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2014
173 carries and 48 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Purdue, 949 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Danny Hope → Darrell Hazell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
