Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Wake Forest
Josh Adams
RB • 6'0" • Cary, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Josh Adams leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Player Story
Josh Adams built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Cary, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Josh Adams' career was his backfield work: 1,836 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Josh Adams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Josh Adams leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,413
- Rushing yards
- 1,836
- Receiving yards
- 577
- Touchdowns
- 19
Quick Answers
Josh Adams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,413
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Miami
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cary · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Cary · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 377 scrimmage yards · RB 174th (top 39%) · ACC 57th (top 27%) · National 560th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Wake Forest | 12 | 68 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 62.7 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 642 | 521 | 121 | 7 | 62.7 |
| 2008 Postseason | Wake Forest | 11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 11 | 465 | 379 | 86 | 2 | 53 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 848 | 541 | 307 | 4 | 69.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 377 | 316 | 61 | 3 | 41.3 |
Related Context
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Josh Adams played RB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josh Adams recorded 1,836 rushing yards, 577 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Wake Forest paired 848 primary output with 52.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
70.7
Efficiency
52.3
Usage
20.6
Consistency
68.3
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 9. Stanford: 66. Elon: 53. Boston College: 83. NC State: 93. Maryland: 134. Clemson: 37. Navy: 106. Miami: 119. Georgia Tech: 20. Florida State: 86. Duke: 42
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 5 by 18.8. Stanford: 9 by 72.7. Elon: 12 by 32.6. Boston College: 14 by 51.4. NC State: 14 by 52.7. Maryland: 16 by 80.1. Clemson: 11 by 32.1. Navy: 20 by 53. Miami: 14 by 68.8. Georgia Tech: 7 by 26.9. Florida State: 12 by 76. Duke: 7 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins77.6 · Games = 5 · +11.9 vs Losses
Losses65.7 · Games = 7 · -11.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
80.1 vs Maryland
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ Duke | W 45-34 | 7 | 42 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Florida State2+ TD | L 28-41 | 8 | 59 | 7.40 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 7.2 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Georgia Tech | L 27-30 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Miami | L 27-28 | 9 | 48 | 5.30 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 8.5 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Navy | L 10-13 | 18 | 89 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Clemson | L 3-38 | 9 | 26 | 2.90 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Maryland | W 42-32 | 13 | 94 | 7.20 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 8.4 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs NC State | W 30-24 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 6.6 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Boston College | L 24-27 | 11 | 47 | 4.30 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Elon | W 35-7 | 11 | 25 | 2.30 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Stanford | W 24-17 | 8 | 54 | 6.80 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7.3 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Baylor | L 21-24 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
Player Story
Josh Adams story
Josh Adams built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Cary, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Josh Adams' career was his backfield work: 1,836 rushing yards, 465 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 577 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 577 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Josh Adams moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720072008200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Wake Forest | 710 | 39.7 | 24.9 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 710 | 39.7 | 24.9 | 0 |
| 2008 Postseason | Wake Forest | 478 | 31.7 | 22.7 | -232 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 478 | 31.7 | 22.7 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 848 | 52.3 | 20.6 | 370 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 377 | 30.7 | 15.8 | -471 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami
Week 9 · L 10-16 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
115
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
115 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#2
vs Maryland
Week 6 · W 42-32 · Conference game
134
Scrimmage Yards
84.6 takeover
Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
134 scrimmage yards and 25.8 usage.
#3
vs Georgia Tech
Week 5 · L 20-24 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
84.4 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
109 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.
#4
@ Navy
Week 8 · W 44-24
140
Scrimmage Yards
83.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
140 scrimmage yards and 46.8 usage.
#5
@ Navy
Week 8 · L 10-13
106
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
106 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest
848 primary output · 52.3 efficiency · 20.6 usage
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#2
2007 Postseason · Wake Forest
62.7
710 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 24.9 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Wake Forest
62.7
710 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 24.9 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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