Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
Player Dossier
2015-2021Syracuse
RB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Landover, MD, USA
Abdul Adams leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.2 efficiency.
Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a back
Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma
Snapshot
Player Story
Abdul Adams built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a running back from Landover, MD wearing No. 27, spending time with Oklahoma and Syracuse. The clearest part of Abdul Adams' career was his backfield...
Read the storyAbdul Adams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma. Abdul Adams leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 7 | 308 | 283 | 25 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 10 | 622 | 542 | 80 | 2 | 62.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Syracuse | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 40.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Syracuse | 11 | 477 | 336 | 141 | 3 | 58 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Syracuse | 7 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 17.8 |
Related Context
Abdul Adams played RB for Oklahoma and Syracuse. Across 7 tracked seasons, Abdul Adams recorded 1,236 rushing yards, 252 receiving yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oklahoma.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Oklahoma paired 622 primary output with 67.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 67.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, Syracuse.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Win with 171 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
62.2
Efficiency
67.8
Usage
11
Consistency
50.6
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 87. Ohio State: 20. Tulane: 125. Baylor: 171. Iowa State: 49. Texas Tech: 95. Oklahoma State: 4. TCU: 2. Kansas: 7. West Virginia: 62
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 8 by 92.6. Ohio State: 6 by 34.7. Tulane: 10 by 100. Baylor: 12 by 100. Iowa State: 4 by 100. Texas Tech: 10 by 89.6. Oklahoma State: 1 by 41.7. TCU: 1 by 20.8. Kansas: 4 by 18.2. West Virginia: 8 by 80.7
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10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
100 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs West Virginia | W 59-31 | 8 | 62 | 7.80 | 0 | — | — | 7.8 |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Kansas | W 41-3 | 4 | 7 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sun 11/12 | vs TCU | W 38-20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Oklahoma State | W 62-52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sun 10/29 | vs Texas Tech | W 49-27 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | — | — | 9.5 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Iowa State | L 31-38 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.3 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Baylor100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 49-41 | 11 | 164 | 14.90 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Tulane | W 56-14 | 8 | 93 | 11.60 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Ohio State | W 31-16 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs UTEP | W 56-7 | 7 | 53 | 7.60 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 10.9 |
Player Story
Abdul Adams built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a running back from Landover, MD wearing No. 27, spending time with Oklahoma and Syracuse. The clearest part of Abdul Adams' career was his backfield work: 1,236 rushing yards, 220 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 252 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 252 receiving yards, 6 tackles, and 49 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Abdul Adams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
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Oklahoma
2015-2017
Opening stop
Syracuse
2018-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 308 | 48.2 | 12.3 | 308 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 622 | 67.8 | 11 | 314 |
| 2018 Postseason | Syracuse | 19 | 24.7 | 12.5 | -603 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Syracuse | 477 | 44.8 | 14.9 | 458 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | — | — | -477 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Syracuse | 62 | 35.2 | 4.1 | 62 |
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 4 · W 49-41 · Conference game
Win with 171 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
171
Scrimmage Yards
88.2 takeover
171 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.
#2
vs UL Monroe
Week 2 · W 59-17
107
Scrimmage Yards
76.8 takeover
Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.
#3
vs Tulane
Week 3 · W 56-14
125
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 19.2 usage.
#4
vs Kansas
Week 9 · W 56-3 · Conference game
91
Scrimmage Yards
74 takeover
Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
91 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 9 · L 17-35 · Conference game
86
Scrimmage Yards
71.2 takeover
Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86 scrimmage yards and 19.7 usage.
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma
622 primary output · 67.8 efficiency · 11 usage
62.4
#2
2019 Regular Season · Syracuse
58
477 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 14.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Oklahoma
41.9
308 primary · 48.2 efficiency · 12.3 usage
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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