He is considered one of a premium kickers in the National Football League. He attended Tates Creek High School in Lexington, moving on to attend college at a University of Louisville. Between 1997 and 1998, as an undrafted free professional, he spent instance trying to produce a team sustaining a Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and the Washington Redskins. He was signed per Redskins around 1998 & played within of these game for the ii, making two extra points but missing two field goal attempts. He was late freed by Inl& northwest, and was claimed from either release per Philadelphia Eagles in 1999. He was so allocated to NFL Europe, where he played 1 year for the Berlin Thunder. He impressed scouts using his power & accuracy, & earned a lasting kicker spot for the Eagles around 2000.

He mass produced a yearn field goal in Philadelphia on September 11th, 2003: a 57 yarder against a New England Patriots. He owns a team record for virtually all points scored around a single year (133, inside 2002). He has too earned 3 Pro Bowl selections (2001, 2002, 2004), and he scored the 2nd virtually all points ever around a playoff game around NFL history (Fifteen, in 2001 against a Chicago Bears). Inside 2005 in a game against a Oakland Raiders he kicked a Xxviii front yard stake winning field goal by owning a hamstring tendon tear inside his non-kicking leg afterward limping off the field within extreme hurt.

He practices martial arts prefer Jiu-Jitsu and Shaolin Kempo, and it assists him to focus whenever he tries the kick.

College Career
At the University of Louisville, when you took his quartet season career, Akers kicked a school-record 36 field goals (sustaining an extended of 51 yards against Texas A&M University), and ranks second in the University of Louisville's all-time scoring list, with 219 points.