Football.....great David Roy Akers

David Roy Akers  is a left footed American football placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 1997. He played college football at Louisville.

Height: 5-10   Weight: 200   Age: 36

Born: 12/9/1974 Lexington , KY

College: Louisville

Experience: 12th season

High School: Tates Creek HS [Lexington, KY]



David Akers missed two costly field-goal attempts in the Eagles' 21-16 loss to Green Bay in an NFC Wild Card matchup on Sunday. The normally reliable Akers, who entered the game with a better conversion rate in the playoffs (85.7 percent) than regular season (81.9), was wide right on kicks of 41 and 34 yards. "We can all count," Eagles coach Andy Reid said after the game. "Those points would have helped." Akers did connect on a 29-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter and his lone extra-point try in the third.