New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today that the club has signed free agent running back Cam Akers to a one-year contract after participating in this week's minicamp on a tryout basis.
Akers, 5-10, 217, is a five-year NFL veteran who was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Florida State. In 53 career regular season games with 17 starts for the Rams (2020-23), Houston Texans (2024) and Minnesota Vikings (2023 and 2024), Akers has carried 502 times for 2,025 yards (4.0 avg.) with 13 touchdowns, caught 52 passes for 388 yards with four touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for 76 yards. In seven postseason contests with five starts for the Rams (2020-21) and Vikings (2024), Akers carried 118 times for 432 yards with two touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 127 yards.
In 2024, Akers played in 17 games with two starts for the Texans and Vikings after being acquired by Minnesota in a Week Seven trade, carrying 104 times for 444 yards (4.3 avg.) with two touchdowns and caught 14 passes for 68 yards with a career-high three touchdown grabs. In the Vikings' NFC Wild Card Playoff loss to the Rams, he carried five times for 39 yards (7.8 avg.).
The former Clinton (Miss.) high school standout played three years at Florida State from 2017-19, where in 36 games, he carried 586 times for 2,874 yards (4.9 avg.) with 27 touchdowns and caught 69 passes for 486 yards with seven touchdowns. He departed Tallahassee ranked sixth in school record books in rushing yards and total touchdowns (34), while becoming only the third player in the program's storied history to have multiple (two) 1,000-yard rushing seasons.
