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David Akers | Place Kicker

Team: Detroit Lions
Age / DOB:  (38) / 12/9/1974
Ht / Wt:  5'10' / 200
College: Louisville
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Lions agreed to terms with K David Akers, formerly of the 49ers.
Whereas old Lions kicker Jason Hanson converted 89 percent of his 2012 field-goal tries, replacement Akers managed a 69-percent conversion rate. The Lions will hope Akers' woeful season was due wholly to a pelvis injury that plagued him all year. Akers, 38, underwent surgery on the pelvis in early March. Apr 5 - 7:16 PM
Source: Adam Caplan on Twitter

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David Akers - K - Lions

Free agent K David Akers left his Lions visit without a contract.

It's a sign the Lions are still hoping to re-sign Jason Hanson. Coming off a rough season in San Francisco, Akers has yet to line up any other visits.
Related: Lions
Source: MLive.com
Apr 3 - 7:41 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

The Lions will host K David Akers for a free-agent visit next week.

Perhaps Detroit is using the Akers visit to put pressure on fellow free agent Jason Hanson, whom the Lions would prefer to re-sign. Hanson went 32-of-36 (89 percent) on field goals last year. Akers went 29 for 42 (69 percent).
Related: Lions
Source: Detroit Free Press
Mar 28 - 1:02 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

Free agent K David Akers has "no intention" of retiring, and recently underwent a "minor surgical procedure" to correct an issue that bothered him in 2012.

Akers dealt with a vague "pelvis" injury last season, but didn't miss any games. He'll surely blame his rough year on the ailment in free agency. Akers underwent a double sports hernia operation in February 2012.
Source: Mike Garafolo on Twitter
Mar 6 - 7:10 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

49ers released K David Akers.

The Sideline View's Adam Caplan reported the move was imminent on Monday. Just one year removed from one of the greatest kicking seasons in NFL history, Akers left the 49ers no choice after shanking 13-of-42 field-goal attempts last season. He narrowly avoided a handful of other misses. Akers' résumé is impressive enough that teams should be willing to ignore an off year, but at 38, he may not get a job until a team finds itself in a desperate situation.
Related: 49ers
Mar 6 - 6:07 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

The Sideline View's Adam Caplan reports the 49ers are expected to release K David Akers before the start of free agency.

Akers had no shot at collecting his $3 million salary after going just 29-of-42 on field-goal attempts last season. He was 4-of-5 in the playoffs. Akers is only one year removed from one of the greatest kicking campaigns in league history, but will likely have to settle for a camp competition in free agency.
Source: Adam Caplan on Twitter
Mar 4 - 11:52 AM
David Akers - K - Lions

CSN Bay Area expects the 49ers to move on from K David Akers.

Akers' $3 million salary would be steep even if he hadn't been utterly incompetent in 2012. As it is, he missed 13-of-42 field-goal attempts, an unacceptable number. Beat writer Matt Maiocco believes free agents Lawrence Tynes, Shayne Graham, Nick Novak and Mike Nugent are all possible replacements.
Source: CSN Bay Area
Feb 7 - 3:29 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

The 49ers will stick with K David Akers for the Super Bowl.

Akers missed yet another kick in Sunday's NFC Championship escape — shanking it off the uprights — but will remain a man of nine lives. Akers has missed at least one field-goal attempt in seven of 10 games since the 49ers' Week 9 bye. San Francisco can only hope it doesn't have the next Scott Norwood (or Ray Finkle) on its hands.
Source: Matt Maiocco on Twitter
Jan 21 - 5:18 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

Coach Jim Harbaugh announced that David Akers will kick for the 49ers in Saturday's Divisional round game versus the Packers.

Although Billy Cundiff lost the kicking competition, he will remain on the roster as insurance. Harbaugh said Akers gives the 49ers the "best chance to win," which doesn't say much for Cundiff. Owners who poached Cundiff off the waiver wire for the fantasy playoffs are out of luck.
Related: Billy Cundiff
Source: CSN Bay Area
Jan 10 - 5:19 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said there's a "good chance" both David Akers and Billy Cundiff will be on the roster this weekend.

Harbaugh added that there is a "leader in the clubhouse," but he wouldn't name names and didn't specify if both would be active for Saturday's Divisional Round game versus the Packers. Akers and Cundiff were taking their duel to Candlestick Park on Monday afternoon. We likely won't know much more until late in the week.
Related: Billy Cundiff
Source: ESPN.com
Jan 7 - 4:53 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

David Akers (pelvis) revealed Thursday that he underwent surgery last February for a double sports hernia.

Complications from that surgery have been behind his struggles of late. Akers was shaky on the first day of his kicking competition while Billy Cundiff showed a stronger and more accurate leg. "The telling sign to me is the fact he's missing them wide left, which means he's not getting his hips through the ball," ex-49ers kicker Joe Nedney said of Akers. "He's not swinging confidently through the ball." It's premature to predict a winner here, but Cundiff appears to have the edge.
Related: Billy Cundiff
Source: CSN Bay Area
Jan 3 - 7:10 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

According to CSN Bay Area, newly signed Billy Cundiff will compete with David Akers in practices to determine who kicks in the playoffs.

It would be no contest if Akers was healthy. Kicking through a pelvis injury, however, he's rivaled Mason Crosby as the least reliable kicker in the league over the past two months. Until a winner is announced, the 49ers kicking situation is one to avoid in playoff fantasy leagues.
Related: Billy Cundiff
Source: Matt Maiocco on Twitter
Jan 1 - 4:50 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh plans to bring in kickers for tryouts this week.

David Akers remains on San Francisco's 53-man roster for now, but the Niners are understandably dissatisfied with a kicker who shanked 13 regular season field goals. The 49ers did clinch a first-round bye in the NFC, so they have two weeks to evaluate their placekicking situation before the Divisional Round.
Source: Eric Branch on Twitter
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 03:19:00 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

When asked if the 49ers need to make a kicking change before the playoffs, head coach Jim Harbaugh said, "We'll evaluate the position."

It's the first time Harbaugh has wavered on the topic of David Akers. Throughout the season he had been adamant that the team was not looking to replace the 38-year-old. However, Akers missed from 44 and 40 yards out in Week 17 and wrapped up the regular season hitting just 29-of-42 kicks. "It's his job to make the field goals, you know," added Harbaugh. The 49ers earned a first-round bye for the playoffs, so they'll have two weeks to make a decision.
Source: Sacramento Bee
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 01:59:00 PM
David Akers - K - Lions

When asked if he is thinking about making a kicking change, coach Jim Harbaugh said, "No, not at this time."

It certainly wasn't a strong vote of confidence for David Akers, who missed a 39-yard attempt against the Patriots and is just 25-of-35 on the season. "Specialists sometimes only get four or five opportunities a game, and you've got to make the play," Harbaugh said Monday. "You've got to see him do it, got to see him make those plays." Fantasy owners should be looking for more stable options.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Tue, Dec 18, 2012 09:58:00 AM

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