FSU Football: Top 10 bold predictions for 2018 season

By Kelvin Hunt | Sep 2, 2018

ORLANDO, FL - SEPTEMBER 05: Mascots Osceola and Renegade of the Florida State Seminoles are seen on the field prior to the Camping World Kickoff game against the Mississippi Rebels at Camping World Stadium on September 5, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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Cam Akers will get 1,400 rushing yards or more

This was a tough prediction to make, because I’m trying to project how many carries Akers will receive and his production on those carries in an offense we haven’t seen yet at FSU.

I’m projecting Cam Akers to get around 230 carries on the season which equates to about 40 percent of the rushing attempts if they have near 600 rushing attempts on the season.

I expect an uptick in production as he got a ton of experience and has watched a lot of film in the off-season.

He seems aware of the mistakes he made as far as missing running lanes and/or setting up blocks.

I’m expecting Akers to improve his yards per carry average to about 6.3 ypc. If he obtains 230 rushes and hits that average that would put him at 1,449 yards on the year.

That’s doable with the amount of rushes expected coupled with improved offensive line play and the amount of space the split from receivers split out wide will create.

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