Linebacker, Houston, 2014–17
Matthew Adams
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 237 lb
- Hometown
- Missouri City, TX
- Born
- Dec 12, 1995, in Missouri City, Texas
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Matthew Adams played linebacker at Houston (2014–17). The Indianapolis Colts took Adams in round 7, No. 221 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. Texas Tech, 2017Team titles: American champions, 2015
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 of 14 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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.
Game by game
2017 Houston 11 games, 88 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Arizona | W 19–16 | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Rice | W 38–3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Texas Tech | L 24–27 | 15 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Temple | W 20–13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. SMU | W 35–22 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Tulsa | L 17–45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at South Florida | W 28–24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. East Carolina | W 52–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Tulane | L 17–20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Navy | W 24–14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 27–33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2016 Houston 11 games, 82 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Oklahoma | W 33–23 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Lamar | W 42–0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Cincinnati | W 40–16 | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Texas State | W 64–3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atNavy | L 40–46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Tulsa | W 38–31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atSMU | L 16–38 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Tulane | W 30–18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Louisville | W 36–10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Memphis | L 44–48 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. San Diego State | L 10–34 | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 229 lb |
| Arm length | 31¼″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′2″ |
| Bench press | 30 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.05 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.46 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 56 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Indianapolis Colts | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Indianapolis Colts | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Chicago Bears | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | New York Giants | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 56 | 86 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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