The University of Akron Athletics
2020 Akron Football Roster

Jersey Number 54
Cameron Lyons
- Position:
- LS
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Morgantown, W.Va.
- High School:
- Morgantown
Nominee for the 2020 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ... has played in every game of his collegiate career.
As a Redshirt Junior (2020): SAAC Executive Board (vice president) ... MAC COSA representative ... named to the NCAA Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019): CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee ... Academic All-MAC ... Dean’s List ... SAAC Executive Board (community service) ... member of MAC Council of Student-Athletes (COSA) ... played in all 12 games at long snapper.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2018): Academic All-MAC … Dean’s List student … played in all 12 games at long snapper … one of five redshirt freshmen to play in every game … handled every snap on punts and kicks … recorded two solo tackles … lettered.
As a Freshman (2017): Redshirted … Dean’s List student.
High School: Three-year letterwinner for coach Matt Lacy at Morgantown HS … in prep career, had 154 tackles, 10 TFL, and two interceptions … as a senior in 2016, helped the team to a 10-3 mark while making 64 tackles.
Personal: Born January 11, 1999 … parents are Shane and Emily Lyons … has a younger sister Brooke … father is the director of athletics at West Virginia … sport science major.
As a Redshirt Junior (2020): SAAC Executive Board (vice president) ... MAC COSA representative ... named to the NCAA Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019): CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee ... Academic All-MAC ... Dean’s List ... SAAC Executive Board (community service) ... member of MAC Council of Student-Athletes (COSA) ... played in all 12 games at long snapper.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2018): Academic All-MAC … Dean’s List student … played in all 12 games at long snapper … one of five redshirt freshmen to play in every game … handled every snap on punts and kicks … recorded two solo tackles … lettered.
As a Freshman (2017): Redshirted … Dean’s List student.
High School: Three-year letterwinner for coach Matt Lacy at Morgantown HS … in prep career, had 154 tackles, 10 TFL, and two interceptions … as a senior in 2016, helped the team to a 10-3 mark while making 64 tackles.
Personal: Born January 11, 1999 … parents are Shane and Emily Lyons … has a younger sister Brooke … father is the director of athletics at West Virginia … sport science major.
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