Player Dossier

2015-2021

Syracuse

Abdul Adams

RB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Landover, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Abdul Adams leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Oklahoma • Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

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...

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Abdul 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

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,488
Rushing yards
1,236
Receiving yards
252
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Abdul Adams quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,488
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma
Top game
Baylor
Latest roster
No. 27 · Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
62 scrimmage yards · RB 495th (top 73%) · ACC 181st (top 63%) · National 1,650th (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma00000-
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma730828325041.9
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma1062254280262.4
2018 PostseasonSyracuse119190240.9
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse11477336141358
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse00000-
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse762566017.8

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.

Player insights

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.

Supporting note

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.

Analysis workspace

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2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma

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

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Chronological game order.

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

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

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

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins63.7 · Games = 9 · +14.7 vs Losses
Losses49 · Games = 1 · -14.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

100 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 11/25vs West VirginiaW 59-318627.8007.8
Sat 11/18@ KansasW 41-3471.8001.8
Sun 11/12vs TCUW 38-2012202
Sat 11/4@ Oklahoma StateW 62-5214404
Sun 10/29vs Texas TechW 49-2710959.5009.5
Sat 10/7vs Iowa StateL 31-383421401712.3
Sat 9/23@ Baylor100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 49-411116414.9011714.3
Sat 9/16vs TulaneW 56-1489311.60023212.5
Sat 9/9@ Ohio StateW 31-166203.3003.3
Sat 9/2vs UTEPW 56-77537.60013410.9

Player Story

Abdul Adams 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.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oklahoma

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Syracuse

    2018-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma0
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma30848.212.3308
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma62267.811314
2018 PostseasonSyracuse1924.712.5-603
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse47744.814.9458
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse0-477
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse6235.24.162

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 4 · W 49-41 · Conference game

Win with 171 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Oklahoma

622 primary output · 67.8 efficiency · 11 usage

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#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

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games