Jerell Adams in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, South Carolina, 2012–⁠15

Jerell Adams

Number
No. 89
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Pinewood, SC
Born
Dec 31, 1992, in Pinewood, South Carolina

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Jerell Adams played tight end at South Carolina (2012–⁠15). The New York Giants took Adams in round 6, No. 184 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
421
Receiving yards, 2015 (South Carolina, 3–⁠9)
Drafted
No. 184
Round 6, 2016 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. The Citadel, 2015105receiving yards, career highvs. The Citadel, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012South Carolina49022.5133
2013South Carolina1318714.4244
2014South Carolina2127913.3145
2015South Carolina2842115.0336
Career6697714.8745

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012South Carolina89TE
2013South Carolina89TE
2014South Carolina89TE
2015South Carolina89TE6′6″

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
2013South Carolina111.08––11.8–
2014South Carolina260.88––22.94%
2015South Carolina460.6163rd (n=465)0.5328.06%

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

2015 South Carolina 11 games, 28 catches, 421 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.North CarolinaW 17–⁠13218016
Sep 12vs.KentuckyL 22–⁠26352133
Sep 19atGeorgiaL 20–⁠52115015
Sep 26vs.UCFW 31–⁠14347017
Oct 3atMissouriL 10–⁠24332021
Oct 10atLSUL 24–⁠45136136
Oct 17vs.VanderbiltW 19–⁠10232025
Oct 31atTexas A&ML 28–⁠351101
Nov 7atTennesseeL 24–⁠27237130
Nov 14vs.FloridaL 14–⁠24446018
Nov 21vs.The CitadelL 22–⁠236105030
2014 South Carolina 8 games, 21 catches, 279 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 28vs.Texas A&ML 28–⁠52240027
Sep 6vs.East CarolinaW 33–⁠23114014
Oct 18vs.FurmanW 41–⁠10391145
Oct 25atAuburnL 35–⁠42342015
Nov 1vs.TennesseeL 42–⁠45441016
Nov 15atFloridaW 23–⁠2042309
Nov 29atClemsonL 17–⁠35323011
Dec 27 ✦vs.MiamiW 24–⁠211505
2013 South Carolina 7 games, 13 catches, 187 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 14vs.VanderbiltW 35–⁠25216012
Sep 28atUCFW 28–⁠25144044
Oct 5vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠28250029
Oct 26atMissouriW 27–⁠24348025
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠161414
Nov 23vs.Coastal CarolinaW 70–⁠101808
Jan 1 ✦vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠24317111
2012 South Carolina 4 games, 4 catches, 90 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 15vs.UABW 49–⁠6133033
Oct 13atLSUL 21–⁠23116016
Oct 20atFloridaL 11–⁠44112012
Nov 10vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠20129129

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (South team, won 27–⁠16).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′5⅛″
Weight247 lb
Arm length34⅜″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.05 s
20-yard shuttle4.31 s

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

In the NFL

2 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016New York Giants10161221
2017New York Giants98920
NFL career19242141

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.

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