Quarterback, Oregon (from Eastern Washington), 2012–⁠15

Vernon Adams Jr.

Number
No. 3
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Pasadena, CA

Vernon Adams Jr. played quarterback at Eastern Washington (2012–⁠14) and Oregon (2015).

Career highs

475passing yards, career highat Washington, 20147touchdown passes, career highat Washington, 2014107rushing yards, career highat Oregon State, 20132rushing touchdowns, career highat Oregon State, 2013

Team titles: Big Sky champions, 2012, 2013 and 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Eastern Washington447162.073710.471
2014Eastern Washington314667.447510.370
2015Oregon16825964.92,64310.2266
Career24337664.63,85510.3407

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012*Eastern Washington122.002
2013Eastern Washington231094.7219
2014Eastern Washington17160.9015
2015Oregon831471.8224
Career1242742.2424

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
2012Eastern Washington3QB
2013Eastern Washington3QB
2014Eastern Washington3QB
2015Oregon3QB5′11″

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. passAdj. rush
2014Eastern Washington (FCS)73.28––23.0–––
2015Oregon3380.4797th (n=151)0.24159.444%0.660.13

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

2015 Oregon 10 games, 2,643 passing yards, 26 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Eastern WashingtonW 61–⁠4219252462094
Sep 12atMichigan StateL 28–⁠312239309126
Sep 26vs.UtahL 20–⁠622726105
Oct 17atWashingtonW 26–⁠2014252722012
Oct 29atArizona StateW 61–⁠55234031541−15
Nov 7vs.CaliforniaW 44–⁠2817293004243
Nov 14atStanfordW 38–⁠36101220520−11
Nov 21vs.USCW 48–⁠28202540761−11
Nov 27vs.Oregon StateW 52–⁠4228383663032
Jan 2 ✦vs.TCUL 41–⁠47131919710−8
2014 Eastern Washington 1 game, 475 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6atWashingtonL 52–⁠5931464757016

No box score in the source for Aug 23 vs. Sam Houston; Aug 31 vs. Montana Western; Sep 20 at Montana State; Sep 28 at UC Davis; Oct 4 vs. Idaho State; Oct 11 at Southern Utah; Oct 18 vs. Northern Colorado; Oct 25 at Northern Arizona; Nov 1 vs. North Dakota; Nov 8 vs. Montana; Nov 22 at Portland State; Dec 6 vs. Montana; Dec 13 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

2013 Eastern Washington 2 games, 737 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atOregon StateW 49–⁠46233041140107
Sep 14atToledoL 21–⁠332141326312

No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Western Oregon; Sep 28 at Sam Houston; Oct 5 vs. Weber State; Oct 12 at North Dakota; Oct 20 vs. Southern Utah; Oct 26 at Montana; Nov 2 at Idaho State; Nov 9 vs. Montana State; Nov 16 at Cal Poly; Nov 23 vs. Portland State; Dec 21 vs. Towson, so those games are not listed.

2012 Eastern Washington 1 game, 2 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8atWashington StateL 20–⁠24–––––2

No box score in the source for Dec 1 vs. Wagner, so that game is not listed.

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

Before the draft

Offensive MVP of the 2016 East–West Shrine Game.

DrillCombine 2016
Height5′10⅞″
Weight200 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan74½″
40-yard dash4.83 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump9′6″
3-cone drill6.82 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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