Player Dossier

2014-2018

Kansas State

Kendall Adams

DB • 6'1" • 228 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kendall Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Kendall Adams built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Kendall Adams' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8336

All Saints Episcopal · Fort Worth, TX

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Kendall Adams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas State. Kendall Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
162
TFL
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Kendall Adams quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · DB
Career Tackles
162
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Kansas State
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · All Saints Episcopal · Kansas State
High school pipeline
All Saints Episcopal · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
39 tackles · DB 224th (top 27%) · Big 12 80th (top 20%) · National 1,000th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonKansas State127-0--034.8
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State1255-011034.8
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State106110-3252.8
2018 Regular SeasonKansas State9391011032

Related Context

Kendall Adams played DB for Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kendall Adams recorded 162 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Kansas State paired 7 primary output with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.5

Usage

4.9

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Mississippi State: 0. UTSA: 0. West Virginia: 0. Texas: 2. Baylor: 2. Oklahoma: 0. Kansas: 0. Iowa State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 6 by 25. UTSA: 4 by 16.7. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 5 by 40.8. Baylor: 7 by 49.2. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Kansas: 5 by 20.8. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Baylor

Result
Sun 11/25@ Iowa StateL 38-4220000
Sat 11/10vs KansasW 21-1754000
Sat 10/27@ OklahomaL 14-5141000
Sat 10/6@ BaylorSplash gameL 34-37740010
Sat 9/29vs TexasSplash gameL 14-1955101
Sat 9/22@ West VirginiaL 6-3543000
Sat 9/15vs UTSAW 41-1743000
Sat 9/8vs Mississippi StateL 10-3166000
Sat 9/1vs South DakotaW 27-2422000

Player Story

Kendall Adams story

Kendall Adams built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Kendall Adams' career was his defensive production: 162 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kendall Adams' production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.

The arc is straightforward: Kendall 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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    Kansas State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State00
2016 PostseasonKansas State424.95.54
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State424.95.50
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State732.47.93
2018 Regular SeasonKansas State422.54.9-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Baylor

Week 5 · W 33-20 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas A&M

Week 1 · W 33-28 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Baylor

Week 6 · L 34-37 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

79.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Texas

Week 5 · L 14-19 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.

#5

vs West Virginia

Week 11 · L 23-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Kansas State

7 primary output · 32.4 efficiency · 7.9 usage

52.8

#2

2016 Postseason · Kansas State

34.8

4 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Kansas State

34.8

4 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games