32 Akeem Cason
Akeem Cason
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Benton Harbor, Mich.
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    293
  • yds/g
    29.3
  • td
    4

Bio

College: 2011: Paced the Huskies in rushing with 749 yards on 165 carries … Finished tied for second in scoring with 54 points (nine touchdowns—eight rushing and one receiving) … Turned in three 100-yard games with116 yards at Ohio Dominican (10/1), 117 vs. Ferris State (11/5) and a season-high 135 at Northern Michigan (11/12) … 2010: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team accolades as a return specialist … Named the Daniel Dopp Memorial Award (Tech Special Teams Player of the Year) winner for the second time in his career … Finished third in the GLIAC in kick return average at 26.7 … Became the first Tech player to return a kickoff for a touchdown since 2001 (Jeff Dettwiler) with a run-back at Lake Erie (9/11) … Had another kick return TD vs. Northwood (10/23) on a day in which he had 159 total kick return yards and five tackles on kick coverage. He was named GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance … Served as the team’s backup tailback, racking up 292 yards on 77 carries … Had a season-high 92 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries in a Homecoming win over Ohio Dominican … 2009: Received a medical redshirt … Played in one game, rushing seven times for 26 yards vs. Northern Michigan (9/19) … 2008: Earned the Daniel Dopp Memorial Award as the team’s top special teams player … Saw action in nine games, starting one … Carried the ball 70 times for 375 yards and two touchdowns on the season … Had a career-high 123 yards on 17 rushes vs. Indianapolis (10/18) … Gained 98 yards on just 11 carries at Grand Valley State (9/27) … 2007: Redshirted.

High School: Graduated in 2007 from Benton Harbor (Mich.) High School … Coached by Larry Featherstone … Tallied 824 yards and 11 touchdowns as a running back and 85 tackles on defense as a senior ... Named First Team All-Southwestern Conference ... Also participated in basketball and track, where he posted a 100-meters time of 10.7.

Personal: Son of Montego and Charee Cason of Benton Harbor, Mich. … Born July 22, 1989, in Chicago, Ill. … Has one older brother … Enjoys running and lifting weights … Ran for Tech’s 4x100 relay team in track in 2008 and helped set the school record with a time of 42.17 … Majoring in sports and fitness management.

Track: 2011 4x100m All-GLIAC Honorable Mention...2011 100m All-GLIAC Honorable Mention

 

Cason's Career Rushing Statistics
Year
 Attempts
 Yards
 Avg/Att
 TD's
 Long
 Avg/Game
2008
 70
 375
 5.4
 2
 63 41.7
2009
 7
 26
 3.7
 0
 17
 26.0
2010
 77
 292
 3.8
 3
 19
 29.2
2011 165 749 4.5 8 63 68.1
Total 319 1442
 4.5 13
 63 43.7
Cason's Career Kick Return Statistics
Year
 Kick-off Ret
 Yards TD's
 Avg/Ret Punt Ret
 Yards TD's
 Avg/Ret
2009
 3
 75 0
 25.0 0
 0 0
 0.0
2010
 19
 525 2
 27.6 0
 0 0
 0.0
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 22 600 2
 27.3 0 0 0 0.0
Cason's Career Recieving Statistics
Year
 Receptions
 Yards
 Avg/Att
 TD's
 Long
 Avg/Game
2008
 4
 56
 14.0
 0 22
 6.2
2010
 3
 22
 7.3
 0
 10
 2.2
2011 13 116 8.9 1 21 10.5
Total
 20
 194
 11.1
 1
 22
 5.9
Cason's Career Defensive Statistics
Year
 Tackle
 Assisted
 Total
 Sacks
 TFL-Yards
 FF-FR
 INT
 TD's
2008
 6
 3
 9
 0
 0.0-0.0
 1-0
 0
 0
2010
 5
 5
 10
 0
 0.0-0.0
 0-0
 0
 0
2011 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Total
 12
 8
 20
 0
 0.0-0.0
 1-0
 0
 0

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13
  Overall Conf
Rushes 52 52
Yards 293 293
Yards per game 29.3 29.3
Yards per rush 5.6 5.6
Touchdowns 4 4
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 5 36 7.2 19 1 - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 12 57 4.8 22 1 - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 5 42 8.4 19 1 - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 2 -2 -1.0 1 0 - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 10 57 5.7 24 0 - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 7 22 3.1 8 1 - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 2 4 2.0 5 0 - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 6 62 10.3 62 0 - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 3 15 5.0 11 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 1 10 10.0 10 0 - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 1 9 9.0 9 0 - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 - - - - - 0
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 - - - - - 0
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 - - - - - 0
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 - - - - - 0
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 2 40 20.0 24 0 - - - - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 1 49 49.0 49 0 - - - - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 6 198 33.0 98 1 - - - - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 2 31 15.5 17 0 - - - - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 5 134 26.8 38 0 - - - - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 1 20 20.0 20 0 - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 3 67 22.3 24 0 - - - - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 2 45 22.5 23 0 - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 1 36 - - 40 76
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 1 57 - - 49 106
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 1 42 - - - 42
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 1 -2 10 - 198 206
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 1 57 9 - - 66
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 1 22 5 - 31 58
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 1 4 - - 134 138
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 1 - - - 20 20
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 1 62 - - 67 129
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 1 15 - - 45 60

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 6 1 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 6 1 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 6 0 0 1 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 8 Tiffin W, 51-15 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Walsh W, 30-7 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Findlay W, 35-10 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 #4 Grand Valley State L, 51-43 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Northern Michigan W, 41-17 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Northwood W, 28-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Ferris State L, 56-49 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 34-23 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Hillsdale W, 42-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Wayne State W, 35-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 10 52 293 29.3 5.6 4 62 - -
Total 10 52 293 29.3 5.6 4 62 - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 10 3 0.3 24 2.4 8.0 0 10
Total 10 3 0.3 24 2.4 8.0 0 10

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 10 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 22 584 26.5 1 98 - - - - -
Total 22 584 26.5 1 98 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 10 293 24 - 584 901 90.1
Total 10 293 24 - 584 901 90.1

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 30 3.0 4 0 1 - - - - - - 0
Total 30 3.0 4 0 1 - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 52 293 29.3 5.6 4 62 - -
Conference 10 52 293 29.3 5.6 4 62 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 25 160 32.0 6.4 3 62 - -
Away 5 27 133 26.6 4.9 1 24 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 48 291 41.6 6.1 4 62 - -
Losses 3 4 2 0.7 0.5 0 5 - -
Month September 4 24 133 33.3 5.5 3 22 - -
October 4 19 83 20.8 4.4 1 24 - -
November 2 9 77 38.5 8.6 0 62 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 3 0.3 24 2.4 8.0 0 10
Conference 10 3 0.3 24 2.4 8.0 0 10
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 2 0.4 15 3.0 7.5 0 10
Away 5 1 0.2 9 1.8 9.0 0 9
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 2 0.3 14 2.0 7.0 0 9
Losses 3 1 0.3 10 3.3 10.0 0 10
Month September 4 1 0.3 10 2.5 10.0 0 10
October 4 2 0.5 14 3.5 7.0 0 9
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 10 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 10 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 22 584 26.5 1 98 - - - - -
Conference 22 584 26.5 1 98 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 336 25.8 1 98 - - - - -
Away 9 248 27.6 0 49 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 10 232 23.2 0 49 - - - - -
Losses 12 352 29.3 1 98 - - - - -
Month September 9 287 31.9 1 98 - - - - -
October 8 185 23.1 0 38 - - - - -
November 5 112 22.4 0 24 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 293 24 - 584 901 90.1
Conference 10 293 24 - 584 901 90.1
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 160 15 - 336 511 102.2
Away 5 133 9 - 248 390 78.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 7 291 14 - 232 537 76.7
Losses 3 2 10 - 352 364 121.3
Month September 4 133 10 - 287 430 107.5
October 4 83 14 - 185 282 70.5
November 2 77 - - 112 189 94.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 30 3.0 4 0 1 - - - - - - 0
Conference 30 3.0 4 0 1 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 24 4.8 3 0 1 - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.2 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 24 3.4 4 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 2.0 0 0 1 - - - - - - 0
Month September 24 6.0 3 0 1 - - - - - - 0
October 6 1.5 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 10 4 1 5.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 3 1 4.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 4 0 4.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 2 0 2.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 1 1 2.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -