Running back, South Carolina State (from Georgia State), 2022–25
K.Z. Adams
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 5′8″
- Weight
- 188 lb
- Class (2025)
- Junior
- Hometown
- West Columbia, SC
K.Z. Adams played running back at Georgia State (2022–23) and South Carolina State (2024–25).
Career highs
128rushing yards, career highvs. Norfolk State, 20243rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Norfolk State, 2024Team titles: MEAC champions, 2024 and 2025
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 35 | 61 | 1.7 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024* | South Carolina State | 91 | 433 | 4.8 | 5 | 37 |
| 2025 | South Carolina State | 74 | 243 | 3.3 | 1 | 14 |
| Career | 202 | 742 | 3.7 | 6 | 37 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024* | South Carolina State | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | South Carolina State | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Career | 15 | 125 | 8.3 | 1 | 17 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia State | 17 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2023 | Georgia State | 17 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2024 | South Carolina State | 17 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2025 | South Carolina State | 17 | RB | Jr. (Yr 4) | 5′8″ | 188 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia State | 2 | -0.51 | – | – | -1.0 | – | – |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 35 | -0.46 | – | – | -16.1 | 9% | -0.01 |
| 2025 | South Carolina State (FCS) | 79 | 0.07 | 43rd (n=576) | 0.10 | 5.9 | 11% | – |
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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 South Carolina State 10 games, 243 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 16–15 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 10 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | at | L 10–38 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 55–41 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Sep 20 | at | L 14–63 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 27 | at | L 24–31 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 36–30 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 14 | – | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. | W 42–12 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at | W 34–27 | 14 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 22 | at | W 28–17 | 1 | −5 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Dec 13 ✦ | vs. | W 40–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – |
2024 South Carolina State 11 games, 433 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | L 18–22 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 7 | at | W 23–20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| Sep 14 | at | L 14–42 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 45–25 | 7 | 57 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 14 |
| Oct 5 | at | W 22–20 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 69–35 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 24–21 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Nov 9 | at | W 38–14 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 13 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 54–7 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 53–21 | 18 | 128 | 3 | 37 | – | – |
| Dec 14 ✦ | vs. | L 7–28 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
No box score in the source for Oct 19 vs. Fort Valley State, so that game is not listed.
2023 Georgia State 6 games, 61 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 42–35 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 35–14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Sep 16 | at | W 41–25 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | L 14–42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Nov 18 | at | L 14–56 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Nov 25 | at | L 24–25 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
2022 Georgia State 3 games, 5 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 | at | W 42–14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| Nov 19 | at | L 40–42 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 26 | at | L 23–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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