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, 2024

Team titles: MEAC champions, 2024 and 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Georgia State252.505
2023Georgia State35611.706
2024*South Carolina State914334.8537
2025South Carolina State742433.3114
Career2027423.7637

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Georgia State133.003
2024*South Carolina State10696.9111
2025South Carolina State45313.3017
Career151258.3117

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Georgia State17RBYr 1
2023Georgia State17RBYr 2
2024South Carolina State17RBYr 3
2025South Carolina State17RBJr. (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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2022Georgia State2-0.51––-1.0––
2023Georgia State35-0.46––-16.19%-0.01
2025South Carolina State (FCS)790.0743rd (n=576)0.105.911%–

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
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.WoffordW 16–⁠151550010––
Sep 6atSouth CarolinaL 10–⁠3871506––
Sep 13vs.Bethune-CookmanW 55–⁠4183619110
Sep 20atSouth FloridaL 14–⁠633−100––
Sep 27atCharleston SouthernL 24–⁠3193008233
Nov 1vs.Morgan StateW 36–⁠30630014––
Nov 8vs.HowardW 42–⁠12103508––
Nov 14atNorth Carolina CentralW 34–⁠271452013110
Nov 22atDelaware StateW 28–⁠171−500––
Dec 13 ✦vs.Prairie View A&MW 40–⁠381101––
2024 South Carolina State 11 games, 433 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31atFlorida A&ML 18–⁠22116002318
Sep 7atThe CitadelW 23–⁠2081505––
Sep 14atGeorgia SouthernL 14–⁠4251708217
Sep 28vs.North Carolina A&TW 45–⁠25757126214
Oct 5atTennessee TechW 22–⁠208210617
Oct 26vs.Delaware StateW 69–⁠35317010––
Oct 31vs.North Carolina CentralW 24–⁠2161706––
Nov 9atHowardW 38–⁠141243123213
Nov 16atMorgan StateW 54–⁠794201618
Nov 23vs.Norfolk StateW 53–⁠2118128337––
Dec 14 ✦vs.Jackson StateL 7–⁠284160812

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
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.Rhode IslandW 42–⁠351−100––
Sep 9vs.UConnW 35–⁠1471006––
Sep 16atCharlotteW 41–⁠2571506––
Nov 11vs.App StateL 14–⁠424806––
Nov 18atLSUL 14–⁠565130413
Nov 25atOld DominionL 24–⁠25111606––
2022 Georgia State 3 games, 5 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Nov 5atSouthern MissW 42–⁠141505––
Nov 19atJames MadisonL 40–⁠42––––––
Nov 26atMarshallL 23–⁠281000––

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

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