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

Best season
822
Receiving yards, 2015 (South Florida, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 170
Round 5, 2017 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

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, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Toledo2157.5010
2014South Florida2332314.0267
2015South Florida4582218.3968
2016South Florida6782212.3584
Career1371,98214.51684

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013*Toledo2170
2014South Florida71210
2015South Florida174661
2016South Florida225340
Career481,1381

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Toledo155.005
2014South Florida55210.4126
2015South Florida10818.1134
2016South Florida2323110.0592
Career393699.5792

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.PosHt
2013Toledo87WR
2014South Florida87WR
2015South Florida87WR
2016South Florida87WR6′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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Toledo30.91––2.7–
2014South Florida450.3424th (n=496)0.5215.48%
2015South Florida750.8291st (n=465)0.5361.99%
2016South Florida1010.4028th (n=489)0.5240.512%

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 3vs.TowsonW 56–⁠202200152
Sep 10vs.Northern IllinoisW 48–⁠175661120
Sep 17atSyracuseW 45–⁠204671248
Sep 24vs.Florida StateL 35–⁠551841346
Oct 1atCincinnatiW 45–⁠206660264
Oct 8vs.East CarolinaW 38–⁠2271131––
Oct 15vs.UConnW 42–⁠277430––
Oct 21atTempleL 30–⁠462430397
Oct 28vs.NavyW 52–⁠457540––
Nov 12atMemphisW 49–⁠4281151469
Nov 19atSMUW 35–⁠272605116
Nov 26vs.UCFW 48–⁠319780122
Dec 29 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 46–⁠397670––
2015 South Florida 13 games, 45 catches, 822 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.Florida A&MW 51–⁠3110133
Sep 12atFlorida StateL 14–⁠34–––376
Sep 19atMarylandL 17–⁠354814109
Oct 2vs.MemphisL 17–⁠243360239
Oct 10vs.SyracuseW 45–⁠243631232
Oct 17atUConnW 28–⁠2051183––
Oct 24vs.SMUW 38–⁠141210––
Oct 31atNavyL 17–⁠2938603139
Nov 7atEast CarolinaW 22–⁠174951130
Nov 14vs.TempleW 44–⁠2371471––
Nov 20vs.CincinnatiW 65–⁠274911––
Nov 26atUCFW 44–⁠34260––
Dec 21 ✦vs.Western KentuckyL 35–⁠456130118
2014 South Florida 9 games, 23 catches, 323 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Aug 30vs.Western CarolinaW 36–⁠313670––
Sep 6vs.MarylandL 17–⁠243490––
Sep 19vs.UConnW 17–⁠144681––
Sep 27atWisconsinL 10–⁠272200––
Oct 11vs.East CarolinaL 17–⁠283270––
Oct 18atTulsaW 38–⁠303170475
Oct 24atCincinnatiL 17–⁠342681219
Nov 1vs.HoustonL 3–⁠271−10127
Nov 28vs.UCFL 0–⁠16280––
2013 Toledo 3 games, 2 catches, 15 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Aug 31atFloridaL 6–⁠24–––19
Sep 28atBall StateL 24–⁠31150––
Nov 2vs.Eastern MichiganW 55–⁠16110018

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).

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′1¼″
Weight189 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.48 s
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill6.98 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2021Chicago Bears1000

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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