Akeem Shavers

Shavers was born to Catena Shavers and Jamie Duncan. He attended Redwater High School in Redwater, Texas. As a member of the football team, Shavers didn't move to the running back position until he was a senior. He competed in five games amassing 1118 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns before being sidelined with a season ending injury.^[1]

After high school, Shavers attended Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas where he played football.^[2] Shavers ran for just 235-yards on 64 carries with two touchdowns.^[3] With the staff at Independence making changes after the 2008 season, Shavers decided to transfer.^[3]

In 2009, Shavers transferred Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.^[2] During the 2009 season at Tyler, Shavers redshirted due to his coach missing the out-of-state/transfer list.^[3] With the starting running back spot belonging to Don Brown, Shavers was worked out at defensive back just to get on the field. Shavers played in 6 of the Apaches 8 games during the 2010 season, receiving only 50 carries and 4 touchdowns as the backup running back.^[3] Shavers productive season at Tyler netted him 2nd Team All-Conference honors.^[4]

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Akeem Shavers RB	Texarkana, Texas	Redwater High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.5	Dec 6, 2010
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:   Scout: JC (RB)    Rivals: – (RB), – (TX)    ESPN: – (RB)
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Purdue Football Commitment List". Rivals. Retrieved April 30, 2013. "Purdue College Football Recruiting Commits". Scout. Retrieved April 30, 2013. "ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved April 30, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved April 30, 2013. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

Shavers committed to Purdue University on December 6, 2010. Shavers was not heavily recruited, and as Purdue was the first FBS scholarship offer he received. Which brought on a stream of offers from other FBS and FCS programs.