Davante Adams in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Kyle Engman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Fresno State, 2011–⁠13

Davante Adams

Number
No. 15
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Palo Alto, CA
Born
Dec 24, 1992, in Palo Alto, California

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Davante Adams played receiver at Fresno State (2011–⁠13). The Green Bay Packers took Adams in round 2, No. 53 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,718
Receiving yards, 2013 (Fresno State, 11–⁠2)
Best game
264 yards
At San José State, week 14, 2013: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receptions, 2013
Drafted
No. 53
Round 2, 2014 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Career highs

16catches, career highat Idaho, 2013264receiving yards, career highat San José State, 20134receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. New Mexico, 2013

Honors

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012 and 2013

All-America: College Football News third team 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Fresno State1021,31212.91489
2013Fresno State1311,71813.12475
Career2333,03013.03889

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Fresno State15WR
2012Fresno State15WR
2013Fresno State15WR6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Fresno State1060.8558th (n=341)0.8190.710%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Fresno State 13 games, 131 catches, 1,718 yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 29vs.RutgersW 52–⁠5114148227
Sep 7vs.Cal PolyW 41–⁠2553119
Sep 20vs.Boise StateW 41–⁠4012110122
Sep 28atHawai’iW 42–⁠3752208
Oct 5atIdahoW 61–⁠1416185330
Oct 19vs.UNLVW 38–⁠148221475
Oct 26atSan Diego StateW 35–⁠281287216
Nov 2vs.NevadaW 41–⁠23884128
Nov 9atWyomingW 48–⁠101179115
Nov 23vs.New MexicoW 69–⁠289246459
Nov 29atSan José StateL 52–⁠6213264346
Dec 7vs.Utah StateW 24–⁠179168168
Dec 21 ✦vs.USCL 20–⁠45973123
2012 Fresno State 13 games, 102 catches, 1,312 yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.Weber StateW 37–⁠107118240
Sep 8atOregonL 25–⁠421292013
Sep 15vs.ColoradoW 69–⁠14474160
Sep 22atTulsaL 26–⁠27551022
Sep 29vs.San Diego StateW 52–⁠408102041
Oct 6atColorado StateW 28–⁠7441225
Oct 13atBoise StateL 10–⁠20552127
Oct 20vs.WyomingW 42–⁠141186123
Oct 27atNew MexicoW 49–⁠329198289
Nov 3vs.Hawai’iW 45–⁠10693145
Nov 10atNevadaW 52–⁠369120136
Nov 24vs.Air ForceW 48–⁠159141264
Dec 24 ✦vs.SMUL 10–⁠4313144134

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′0⅞″
Weight212 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9″
Wingspan77¾″W
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.64 s
Vertical jump39½″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.82 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

13 seasons, 180 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2017–⁠22) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2020–⁠22)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2020–⁠22; Pro Football Writers first team 2021; Sporting News first team 2021–⁠22.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Green Bay Packers14384463
2015Green Bay Packers13504831
2016Green Bay Packers167599712
2017Green Bay Packers147488510
2018Green Bay Packers151111,38613
2019Green Bay Packers12839975
2020Green Bay Packers141151,37418
2021Green Bay Packers161231,55311
2022Las Vegas Raiders171001,51614
2023Las Vegas Raiders171031,1448
2024New York Jets14851,0638
2025Los Angeles Rams146078914
2026 (so far)Los Angeles Rams4223902
NFL career1801,03913,023119

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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