View source for Rodney Adams

{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name         = Rodney Adams
| image        =
| image_size   =
| caption      =
| current_team =
| number       = 13
| position     = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1994|9|15}}
| birth_place  = [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], U.S.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 1
| weight_lbs   = 189
| high_school  = [[Lakewood High School (Florida)|Lakewood]]<br>(St. Petersburg, Florida)
| college      = [[South Florida Bulls football|South Florida]]
| draftyear    = 2017
| draftround   = 5
| draftpick    = 170
| pastteams    =
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{NFL Year|2017}})
* [[Indianapolis Colts]] ({{NFL Year|2018}}, {{NFL Year|2020}})*
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|2020}}–{{NFL Year|2021}})
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|2022}})
| status       =
| highlights   =
| pfr          = AdamRo01
}}
'''Rodney Alan Adams Jr.''' (born September 15, 1994) is a former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]]. He played [[college football]] at [[South Florida Bulls football|South Florida]], and was selected the [[Minnesota Vikings]] in the fifth round of the [[2017 NFL draft]].
==College career==
Adams played [[college football]] at South Florida, after transferring from [[University of Toledo|Toledo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodney Adams |url=https://gousfbulls.com/sports/football/roster/rodney-adams/7041 |website=USF Bulls Athletics |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> During his senior season, he set a school record with 67 [[football catch|receptions]] and tied his own single-season record with 822 receiving yards. He caught five [[touchdown]]s. During his collegiate career, Adams caught 16 touchdowns which is second in school history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rodney Adams works on NFL stock, and on raising money for children|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/rodney-adams-works-on-nfl-stock-and-on-raising-money-for-children/2315386/|author=Stroud, Rick|website=TampaBay.com|date=March 4, 2017}}</ref> Adams was also a [[kick return specialist]] with 1,140 yards on 46 returns, including a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.<ref name="5 things">{{cite web|title=5 Things to Know About New Vikings WR Rodney Adams|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/5-Things-to-Know-About-New-Vikings-WR-Rodney-Adams/c329b68d-0382-46cc-aaab-7cfb03931fe6|author=Smith, Eric|website=Vikings.com|date=May 2, 2017|access-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201014740/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/5-Things-to-Know-About-New-Vikings-WR-Rodney-Adams/c329b68d-0382-46cc-aaab-7cfb03931fe6|archive-date=February 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Statistics===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Season
! colspan=4|Receiving
! colspan=4|Rushing
! colspan=4|Kick return
|-
! Rec !! Yards !! Avg !! TDs !! Att !! Yards !! Avg !! TDs !! Ret !! Yards !! Avg !! TDs
|-
! colspan="21" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Toledo Rockets |border=2|color=white}}" |{{center|'''Toledo Rockets'''}}
|-
| '''[[2013 Toledo Rockets football team|2013]]'''
| 2 || 15 || 7.5 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 5.0 || 0 || 2 || 17 || 8.5 || 0
|-
|! colspan="21" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Florida Bulls|color=white}}" |{{center|'''South Florida Bulls'''}}
|-
| '''[[2014 South Florida Bulls football team|2014]]'''
| 23 || 323 || 14.0 || 2 || 5 || 52 || 10.4 || 1 || 6 || 123 || 20.5 || 0
|-
| '''[[2015 South Florida Bulls football team|2015]]'''
|45|| 822 ||18.3|| 9 || 11 || 87 || 7.9 || 1 || 16 || 466 || 29.1 || 1
|-
| '''[[2016 South Florida Bulls football team|2016]]'''
| 67 || 822 || 12.0 || 5 || 23 || 236 || 10.3 || 5 || 22 || 534 || 24.3 || 0
|-
! colspan=1|[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/rodney-adams-1.html NCAA Career Totals]
!137!!1,982!! 14.5 !! 16 !! 40 !! 380 !! 9.5 !! 7 !! 46 !! 1,140 !! 24.8 !! 1
|}
==Professional career==
{{ external media
| video1 = [http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/0ap3000000797120/Rodney-Adams-2017-Combine-Workout Adams performing at the NFL Combine]
| video2 = [http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-draft/0ap3000000804796/Paul-Krause-announces-the-Vikings-select-Rodney-Adams-No-170-in-the-2017-NFL-Draft Adams gets drafted by Minnesota]
}}
{{nfl predraft
|    height ft = 6
|    height in = 1¼
|       weight = 189
|         dash = 4.44
|    ten split =
| twenty split =
|      shuttle = 4.28
|   cone drill = 6.98
|     vertical = 29.5
|     broad ft = 10
|     broad in = 5
|        bench = 8
|    wonderlic =
|     arm span = 32
|    hand span = 9
|         note = All values are from NFL Combine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=126531&draftyear=2017&genpos=WR|title=*Rodney Adams – South Florida, WR : 2017 NFL Draft Scout External News|work=NFLDraftScout.com}}</ref>
}}
===Minnesota Vikings===
Adams was selected by the [[Minnesota Vikings]] in the fifth round, 170th overall, in the [[2017 NFL draft]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vikings Select USF WR Rodney Adams|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Select-USF-WR-Rodney-Adams/99c727e8-de0e-41b6-bf7d-1b43d9208b80|website=Vikings.com|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504110437/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Select-USF-WR-Rodney-Adams/99c727e8-de0e-41b6-bf7d-1b43d9208b80|archive-date=May 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was waived by the Vikings on October 30, 2017 and was re-signed to the [[practice squad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vikings Claim RB Mack Brown Via Waivers|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Claim-RB-Mack-Brown-Via-Waivers-/aedda9ed-79be-413c-9433-9901ec9ab815|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409082405/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Claim-RB-Mack-Brown-Via-Waivers-/aedda9ed-79be-413c-9433-9901ec9ab815|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2018|website=Vikings.com|date=October 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vikings Make 3 Practice Squad Moves|url=https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-make-3-practice-squad-moves-19682817|author=Peters, Craig|website=Vikings.com|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=November 24, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125073845/https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-make-3-practice-squad-moves-19682817|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Indianapolis Colts===
On February 2, 2018, Adams signed a reserve/future contract with the [[Indianapolis Colts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Roster Move: Colts Sign WR Rodney Adams To Reserve/Future Contract|url=http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Roster-Move-Colts-Sign-WR-Rodney-Adams-To-ReserveFuture-Contract/3843bbea-909e-4f36-b32b-3833d36045be|website=Colts.com|date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> He was placed on the reserve/retired list on April 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Place WR Rodney Adams On Reserve/Retired List|url=http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Indianapolis-Colts-Place-WR-Rodney-Adams-On-ReserveRetired-List/bef1e00f-dd73-4a4b-bb90-80521bdc18dd|website=Colts.com|date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>
Adams was reinstated from the reserve/retired list to the active roster on January 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=NFL Reinstates WR Rodney Adams To Colts' Roster|url=https://www.colts.com/news/rodney-adams-roster-move|website=Colts.com|date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> He was waived on August 2, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colts Place T.Y. Hilton On Non-Football Injury List; Waive, Release Seven Players|url=https://www.colts.com/news/ty-hilton-non-football-injury-list-roster-moves|website=Colts.com|date=August 2, 2020}}</ref>
===Chicago Bears===
Adams signed with the [[Chicago Bears]] on August 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mayer, Larry |title=Roster Moves: Bears sign Adams, put Burns on IR |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-moves-bears-sign-adams-put-burns-on-ir |website=ChicagoBears.com |date=August 20, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> He was released as part of final roster cuts on September 5,<ref>{{cite news|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-moves-chicago-bears-announce-53-man-roster|title=Roster Moves: Chicago Bears announce 53-man roster|publisher=[[Chicago Bears]]|date=September 5, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref> and was added to the practice squad a day later.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-moves-bears-sign-16-to-practice-squad|title=Roster Moves: Bears sign 16 to practice squad|publisher=[[Chicago Bears]]|date=September 6, 2020|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> On January 11, 2021, Adams signed a reserve/futures contract with the Bears.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mayer, Larry |title=Roster Moves: Bears sign 10 to reserve/future deals |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-moves-bears-10-sign-to-reserve-future-deals |website=ChicagoBears.com |date=January 11, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
On August 31, the Bears announced Adams made the 53 man roster, marking the first time since 2017 Adams had been on an NFL roster. However, he was released the following day after roster restructuring and placed on the team's practice squad.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mayer |first=Larry |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-move-bears-add-wr-adams-to-practice-squad |title=Roster Move: Bears add WR Adams to practice squad
|work=[[Chicago Bears]] |date=September 2, 2021 |accessdate=September 11, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Roster Moves: Bears continue to shape 53-man roster|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/roster-moves-bears-continue-to-shape-53-man-roster|author=Mayer, Larry|website=ChicagoBears.com|date=September 1, 2021}}</ref> Adams made his regular season debut for the Bears on December 5 against the [[Arizona Cardinals]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Gene |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nfl/bears-assessing-qb-justin-fields-ability-to-face-green-bay/2021/12/06/d13e5814-56d0-11ec-8396-5552bef55c3c_story.html |title=Bears assessing QB Justin Fields |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=2021-12-06 |accessdate=2021-12-07 }}</ref> As a member of the practice squad, he became a free agent following Week 17.
===New York Jets===
Adams was signed to a reserve/futures contract by the [[New York Jets]] on January 13, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/jets-sign-te-lawrence-cager-and-wr-rodney-adams-to-reserve-future-contracts|last=Greenberg|first=Ethan|date=13 January 2022|title=Jets Sign TE Lawrence Cager and WR Rodney Adams to Reserve/Future Contracts|website=NewYorkJets.com|accessdate=13 January 2022}}</ref> He was waived with a [[non-football injury]] designation on May 23, 2022.
==Personal life==
Adams' mother, Michelle Conway Scott, died in a car accident in 2013. Since the accident, Adams has dedicated his career to his mother. Adams became the legal guardian of his brother, Antonio Blount, who was 16 at the time. He was granted a hardship and transferred from Toledo to South Florida to finish his college football career.<ref name="5 things"/>
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*[http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209417746 South Florida Bulls bio]
{{Vikings2017DraftPicks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Rodney}}
[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Toledo Rockets football players]]
[[Category:South Florida Bulls football players]]
[[Category:Minnesota Vikings players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from St. Petersburg, Florida]]
[[Category:Indianapolis Colts players]]
[[Category:Chicago Bears players]]