Kevin Eakin – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu The official news site for Fordham University. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:24:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/favicon.png Kevin Eakin – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu 32 32 232360065 Former Rams Quarterback Signed by Buffalo Bills https://now.fordham.edu/athletics/former-rams-quarterback-signed-by-buffalo-bills/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:24:18 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=34941 Former Fordham University quarterback Kevin Eakin was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad on Tuesday, Sept.  4.

Eakin, who was cut last week after spending the summer in the Bills’ preseason camp, joins the Bills after spending the spring with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europa, helping the team advance to the World Bowl last June.  On the year, he threw for 353 yards and two scores.

The appearance in Europe marked Eakin’s second tenure with the Galaxy, as he also played for the team in 2005, leading that squad to a World Bowl appearance.  In 2005, Eakin completed 105 of 180 passes for 1,299 yards and 11 touchdowns for an 89.6 quarterback rating, the second best rating among quarterbacks in NFL Europe that season.

Last year Eakin was a final cut of the New York Jets and he signed on as a free agent with the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League. Eakin, a 2004 Fordham graduate, is the most prolific passer in Fordham history.  A two-time First Team All-Patriot League pick, Eakin completed 247 of 407 passes for 3,072 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior in 2003, setting school single season records for most completions and passing yardage.  He also led the Patriot League in passing yards/game and was second in total offense.

Over his career, Eakin threw for a school and Patriot League-record 6,112 yards and 45 touchdowns.  He completed 486 of 790 passes, both second best all-time, for the 6,112 yards.  His completion percentage of 61.5% is also a school record, and he threw for over 200 yards 19 times in 25 career starts as well as surpassing the 300-yard mark five times.  Eakin’s career record as a starter was 19-6.

]]> 34941 Football Team Celebrates Historic Season https://now.fordham.edu/university-news/football-team-celebrates-historic-season-2/ Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:22:05 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=36867 Fordham’s disappointing 24-10 loss to the Villanova Wildcats on Dec. 7 brought an end to the Rams’ best football season in 60 years. The Rams, the 2002 Patriot League co-champions, advanced to the I-AA playoffs for the first time since moving to I-AA in 1989. Fordham reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA I-AA playoffs after defeating the Northeastern University Huskies 29-24 on Nov. 30 in Brookline, Mass. Against Northeastern, senior kicker Matt Fordyce kicked an NCAA Division I-AA playoff record five field goals to lead Fordham to victory. Fordyce’s five field goals broke the old playoff mark of four set by three different players, most recently by Shonz LaFrenz of McNeese State in 1998. The five field goals also set a Fordham and Patriot League record. Also a prominent offensive force was junior quarterback Kevin Eakin, who completed 20 of 37 passes for 269 yards and a touchdown, and junior running back Kirwin Watson, who rushed 21 times for 101 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore wide receiver Steve Porco finished the day with six catches for 68 yards while junior Javarus Dudley had six receptions for 36 yards. Sophomore tight end Erik Conroy caught three passes for 112 yards. Sophomore linebacker NaQuinton Gainous led the Fordham defense with 11 total tackles, six solo, including a sack. Senior defensive back Gerome Robinson had nine tackles, five solo, including one for a loss. Robinson also had two pass deflections, while senior defensive lineman Aymen Aboushi made seven stops. At Villanova the following week, the Wildcats were led by senior quarterback Brett Gordon, who completed 26 of 30 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns, and sophomore running back Terry Butler, who carried 19 times for 81 yards and a touchdown. Villanova took the opening kickoff and drove to the Fordham 10 where freshman Adam James kicked a 27-yard field goal to put the Wildcats up 3-0 with 8:32 left in the first quarter. The Wildcats would extend the lead to 10-0 on a trick play as Gordon hit senior wide receiver Brian White in the flats and White pitched the ball to freshman running back Martin Gibson who took it in from the Fordham 25. The 10-0 lead would hold until the third quarter when the Rams would drive 66 yards on 11 plays to the Villanova 14 where Fordyce connected on a 31-yard field goal to cut Fordham’s deficit to seven, 10-3, with 7:17 remaining in the third. Villanova responded with a 66-yard, 13-play drive of its own with Butler taking it in from the four for a 17-3 Wildcat lead with 38 seconds left in the third quarter. The Rams trailed 17-3 in the fourth quarter when freshman defensive back Chris Anzano blocked a Villanova punt, which was picked up by Adam Foley on the Villanova 12 and returned to the one-yard line. Two plays later, Kirwin Watson scampered around the right side for the score, pulling the Rams to within a touchdown, 17-10, with 9:49 remaining. The Wildcats took the ensuing kickoff and drove 76 yards on 13 plays with Gordon finding Butler with an eight-yard touchdown pass as Villanova regained a 14-point lead, 24-10, with 3:29 left. Villanova’s drive took 6:20 off the clock and didn’t allow the Rams a chance to mount a comeback. The big play on the drive was a fourth and one carry for Butler from the Fordham 26 that gained three yards and kept the drive moving. Junior defensive back Dan McGrath led the Fordham defense, which held the Wildcats to ten points under their season average, with eleven total tackles, ten solo. Gainous also made 11 stops, nine solo, including a sack. Eakin finished the day completing 16 of 30 passes for 115 yards while Watson carried 15 times for 54 yards and the touchdown. Junior tight end Travis Johnson led Fordham receivers with four catches for 47 yards while Porco made three catches for 24 yards. Despite being defeated in the quarter semi-finals, the Rams are poised to be a force to be reckoned with next season, when the nucleus of the young team returns for another season.

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