Landen Akers

WR · Iowa State 2020 · #82

Last confirmed: Iowa State, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · 191 lb · Cedar Rapids, IA · Washington

Landen Akers: WR · Iowa State · #82.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Adam ShapiroNew Mexico State · 2014 · 92% season match
Latevius RayfordVanderbilt · 2015 · 90% season match
Isaiah BernardHawai'i · 2015 · 90% season match
Geno LewisOklahoma · 2016 · 89% season match
John JohnsonTroy · 2017 · 89% season match

Landen Akers

WR · Iowa State · Sr · #82

Moves the chains on third down. 2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at Iowa State since. One game to point at: 76 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Kansas — Week 9, 2020.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Iowa State in the news

Iowa State hires Jared Benko as athletics directorThe Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona players out for Iowa State gameArizona Daily Star Oct 22
Jared Benko named ADWide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	Iowa State	18	269	14.9	1
2019	Iowa State	9	109	12.1	0
2018	Iowa State	10	181	18.1	0
2017	Iowa State	1	34	34.0	0
Career		38	593	15.6	1

Season	Team
2020	Iowa State	--	--	--	18
2019	Iowa State	1	8	--	--
2018	Iowa State	--	--	--	--
2017	Iowa State	--	--	293	--
Career		1	8	293	18

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-31vs Louisiana	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 37-34@ TCU	2	60	30.0	0	49
Wk 5	W 37-30vs No. 18 Oklahoma	1	35	35.0	0	35
Wk 6	W 31-15vs Texas Tech	4	34	8.5	0	15
Wk 9	W 52-22@ Kansas	6	76	12.7	0	25	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 10	W 38-31vs Baylor	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 23-20@ No. 20 Texas	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 14	W 42-6vs West Virginia	1	2	2.0	1	2
Wk 16	L 21-27vs No. 12 Oklahoma	1	25	25.0	0	25
Total		17	253	14.9	1	49

Signature game

Week 14 · 2020

W 42-6

vs West Virginia

1 rec · 2 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 36-point win at home against West Virginia.

With B. Purdy — 247 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · B. Hall — 97 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · 3 rec · 56 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.79Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 35 yds to the Okla 23 for a
Week 4 · TCU · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 49 yds to the TCU 14 for a
Week 9 · Kansas · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 25 yds to the IowSt 43 for a
Week 14 · West Virginia · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Purdy to Akers: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Kansas · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 12 yds to the Kans 45 for a
Week 10 · Baylor · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.52Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 11 yds to the Bayl 22 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +1.47Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 10 yds to the IowSt 35 for a
Week 6 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +1.46Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 12 yds to the IowSt 39 for a
Week 1 · Oregon · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.42Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 16 yds to the IowSt 41 for a
Week 16 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.97Brock Purdy pass complete to Landen Akers for 25 yds to the Okla 22 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 32-19 over that span.

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#130 / 421 · 69th pct

14.9

Long catch#174 / 421 · 57th pct

Rec yards#268 / 421 · 36th pct

269

Receptions#297 / 421 · 28th pct

Rec TDs#272 / 421 · 26th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	16.4	14.1	0.2
Road3g	3.0	48.7	17.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	32.2	24.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	24.8	12.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Pass share

45.5%

372 pass / 446 run

Plays / game

74.4

11 games

Team sack rate

3.2%

400 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

18 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Landen Akers

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Iowa State in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

18 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Iowa State

His moves

2015