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Player Dossier
2016-2021Northwestern
Derek Adams
P • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Manheim, PA, USA
Impact contributor
Derek Adams shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kent State • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Derek Adams built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a punter from Manheim, PA wearing No. 36, spending time with Kent State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Derek Adams' career was his field-position...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Derek Adams, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kent State. Derek Adams shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Derek Adams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · P
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 62 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Manheim Central · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Manheim Central · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Derek Adams played P for Kent State and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Derek Adams recorded -11 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kent State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to 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 Kent State, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 0. Indiana State: 0. Duke: 0. Ohio: 0. Nebraska: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Iowa: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
— vs Illinois
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Sat 11/27 | @ Illinois | L 14-47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Purdue | L 14-32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Wisconsin | L 7-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Iowa | L 12-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Minnesota | L 14-41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Michigan | L 7-33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Rutgers | W 21-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | -5 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Nebraska | L 7-56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Ohio | W 35-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Duke | L 23-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Indiana State | W 24-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Michigan State | L 21-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Derek Adams story
Derek Adams built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a punter from Manheim, PA wearing No. 36, spending time with Kent State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Derek Adams' career was his field-position work: 347 punts, 14,546 punting yards, and 45 punts inside the 20 across 62 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 62 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State and Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Derek 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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Kent State
2016-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Illinois
Week 13 · L 21-31 · Conference game
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Bowling Green
Week 12 · L 7-42 · Conference game
0
Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 11 · L 21-37 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
@ Central Michigan
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 8 · L 10-14 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Kent State
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Kent State
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
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Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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