Receiver, South Florida (from Toledo), 2013–16
Rodney Adams
- Number
- No. 87
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Born
- Sep 15, 1994, in St. Petersburg, Florida
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Rodney Adams played receiver at Toledo (2013) and South Florida (2014–16). The Minnesota Vikings took Adams in round 5, No. 170 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
86rushing yards, career highat Memphis, 20162rushing touchdowns, career highat Syracuse, 20169catches, career highvs. UCF, 2016147receiving yards, career highvs. Temple, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highat UConn, 2015Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013* | Toledo | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2014 | South Florida | 23 | 323 | 14.0 | 2 | 67 |
| 2015 | South Florida | 45 | 822 | 18.3 | 9 | 68 |
| 2016 | South Florida | 67 | 822 | 12.3 | 5 | 84 |
| Career | 137 | 1,982 | 14.5 | 16 | 84 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013* | Toledo | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| 2014 | South Florida | 7 | 121 | 0 |
| 2015 | South Florida | 17 | 466 | 1 |
| 2016 | South Florida | 22 | 534 | 0 |
| Career | 48 | 1,138 | 1 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013* | Toledo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | South Florida | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 | 26 |
| 2015 | South Florida | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2016 | South Florida | 23 | 231 | 10.0 | 5 | 92 |
| Career | 39 | 369 | 9.5 | 7 | 92 | |
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 | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Toledo | 87 | WR | |
| 2014 | South Florida | 87 | WR | |
| 2015 | South Florida | 87 | WR | |
| 2016 | South Florida | 87 | WR | 6′1″ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Toledo | 3 | 0.91 | – | – | 2.7 | – |
| 2014 | South Florida | 45 | 0.34 | 24th (n=496) | 0.52 | 15.4 | 8% |
| 2015 | South Florida | 75 | 0.82 | 91st (n=465) | 0.53 | 61.9 | 9% |
| 2016 | South Florida | 101 | 0.40 | 28th (n=489) | 0.52 | 40.5 | 12% |
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
2016 South Florida 13 games, 67 catches, 822 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 56–20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 48–17 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Sep 17 | at | W 45–20 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | L 35–55 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| Oct 1 | at | W 45–20 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 38–22 | 7 | 113 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 42–27 | 7 | 43 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 21 | at | L 30–46 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 52–45 | 7 | 54 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 12 | at | W 49–42 | 8 | 115 | 1 | 4 | 69 |
| Nov 19 | at | W 35–27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 116 |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 48–31 | 9 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | W 46–39 | 7 | 67 | 0 | – | – |
2015 South Florida 13 games, 45 catches, 822 yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 51–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| Sep 12 | at | L 14–34 | – | – | – | 3 | 76 |
| Sep 19 | at | L 17–35 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 109 |
| Oct 2 | vs. | L 17–24 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 45–24 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Oct 17 | at | W 28–20 | 5 | 118 | 3 | – | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 38–14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at | L 17–29 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 139 |
| Nov 7 | at | W 22–17 | 4 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 44–23 | 7 | 147 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 65–27 | 4 | 91 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 26 | at | W 44–3 | 4 | 26 | 0 | – | – |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. | L 35–45 | 6 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
2014 South Florida 9 games, 23 catches, 323 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 36–31 | 3 | 67 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | L 17–24 | 3 | 49 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 17–14 | 4 | 68 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 27 | at | L 10–27 | 2 | 20 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. | L 17–28 | 3 | 27 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | at | W 38–30 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 75 |
| Oct 24 | at | L 17–34 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Nov 1 | vs. | L 3–27 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | L 0–16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
2013 Toledo 3 games, 2 catches, 15 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | L 6–24 | – | – | – | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 28 | at | L 24–31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 55–16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 3–10).
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¼″ | |
| Weight | 189 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.44 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.48 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ | |
| Bench press | 8 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.98 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 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
1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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