2012 Football Roster

37 Akeen Felder

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Perry, Ga.
  • High School Perry

Biography

AT GEORGIA STATE: Three-year letterwinner at outside linebacker ... Inaugural team member who joined the GSU program and practiced with the team in 2009-10 ... One of only three players to play in every game of Georgia State's first three seasons ... Finished with 84 career tackles.
 
Named to the Dean's List for spring 012 after making the Athletic Director's Honor Roll three straight semesters (spring 2010, fall 2010 and spring 2011) ... Graduated with his degree in sociology in the summer of 2012 and played his final season while pursuing a certificate in hospitality ... A member of the team's Leadership Council ... Earned the team's Leadership Award for offense following 2012 spring practice ... Football team SAAC represntative for 2011-12.
 
2012: Starter at the outside linebacker position known as the "wolf" ... Sixth on the team in tackles with 52, including one tackle for loss ... Career-high nine tackles at James Madison ... Added eight tackles in win at Rhode Island, one game after he had six tackles against New Hampshire ... Also had six tackles in each of the final two games ... Received the team's Scholar-Athlete Award and Iron Man Award for his work in the strength and conditioning program ... Nominee for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. 

2011: Special teams captain and one of three permanent captains elected for the season ... Played in every game and made nine tackles on the season ... Earned the team's Hustle Award for defense during spring practice.
 
2010:
Credited with 23 tackles on the season, including nine solo stops and 14 assists and one-half tackle for loss ... Career-high five tackles against Savannah State ... Added three hits against Alabama and Old Dominion.
 
Played football at the University of the Cumberlands, an NAIA school in Williamsburg, Ky., in 2008 before transferring to Georgia State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL:
All-region and all-county honoree for coach Andy Scott at Perry High School ... Caught 39 passes for 795 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior in 2007 ... Also played basketball and ran track ... National Honor Society member.
 
PERSONAL:
Full name is Akeen Jero Felder ... Born Feb. 14, 1990 ... Parents are Katina Felder and Antonio Roundtree.

CAREER STATISTICS:

Year

G

UA

A

Total

TFL

Sack

Int

PB

FR

FF

2010

11

9

 14

23

0.5-5

0

0

0

0

0

2011

11

5

4

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

2012

11

33

19

52

1-3

0.5-2

0

0

0

0

Total

33

47

37

84

1.5-8

0.5-2

0

0

0

0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2009Sophomore

    Safety
    6'1" 195 lbs
    83
  • 37

    2010Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    6'1" 195 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2011Redshirt Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'1" 205 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2012Redshirt Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'1" 205 lbs
    37