Player Dossier

2008-2012

Michigan State

Johnny Adams

CB • 5'11" • Akron, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Johnny Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Johnny Adams built his college career from 2008 through 2012 as a cornerback from Akron, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Johnny Adams' career was his defensive production: 11...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8789

Buchtel · Akron, OH

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Johnny Adams, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Michigan State. Johnny Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Johnny Adams quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
3-star · Buchtel · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Buchtel · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2012

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State20-0--162.2
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State30-0--073.3
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State30-0--173.3
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State30-0--060.6

Related Context

Johnny Adams played CB for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Johnny Adams recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

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

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2012 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +1.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

40 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 11/24@ MinnesotaSplash gameW 26-102
Sat 10/27@ WisconsinW 16-13
Sat 9/8@ Central MichiganW 41-71

Player Story

Johnny Adams story

Johnny Adams built his college career from 2008 through 2012 as a cornerback from Akron, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Johnny Adams' career was his defensive production: 11 interceptions across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Johnny Adams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2008-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State220
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-2
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State3203
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State3200
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State3200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Minnesota

Week 13 · W 26-10 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 11 · W 21-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Northwestern

Week 7 · W 37-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 7 · W 26-6 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Michigan

Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Michigan State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2011 Regular Season · Michigan State

73.3

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Michigan State

62.2

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games